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    Robert Jensen is an associate professor of journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, where he has taught since 1992. He is the author of Writing Dissent, The Heart of Whiteness, and Citizens of the Empire. His most recent book is Getting Off: Pornography and the End of Masculinity, published by South End Press.

     

    In this interview, Jensen discusses how activists can bring dissenting views into the dominant media institutions, the place of institutional analysis in writing, and how activists should approach journalists and editors. He concludes with advice for people who wish to break into citizen journalism.

     

    Date: March 3, 2008

     

    LengthL 47 min, 13 sec.

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    Robert Jensen is an emeritus professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin and a founding board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center. He collaborates with New Perennials Publishing and the New Perennials Project at Middlebury College. Jensen is associate producer and host of Podcast from the Prairie, with Wes Jackson.

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