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Robert Waterman McChesney (/ m ə k ˈ t ʃ ɛ s n i /; born December 22, 1952) is an American professor notable in the history and political economy of communications, and the role media play in democratic and capitalist societies.
- Inger Stole
- University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- Robert Waterman McChesney, December 22, 1952 (age 70), Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
- Media criticism, History and political economy of mass communication
Apr 17, 2021 · Robert McChesney is the author of several books on media and politics, professor of communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, host of the weekly talk show Media Matters on WILL-AM radio, and cofounder of the media reform organization Free Press.
Feb 4, 2010 · University of Illinois Professor Robert McChesney and The Nation correspondent John Nichols, two leading advocates of the media reform movement, join us to talk about their new book, The Death...
Summary Profile: Robert W. McChesney is the Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 2002 he was the co-founder of Free Press, a national media reform organization – www.freepress.net – and served as its President until April 2008, and remains on its Board of Directors.
The problem of journalism: A political economic contribution to an explanation of the crisis in contemporary US journalism RW McChesney Journalism Studies 4 (3), 299-329 , 2003
Robert W. McChesney and John Nichols discuss their new book, The Death and Life of American Journalism. They assess why journalism is in crisis, why the conventional analysis and solutions are failing, and how enlightened and massive state subsidies are the necessary and only credible solution.
Jan 5, 2010 · In The Death and Life of American Journalism, Robert W. McChesney, an academic, and John Nichols, a journalist, who together founded the nation's leading media reform network, Free Press, investigate the crisis. They propose a bold strategy for saving journalism and saving democracy, one that looks back to how the Founding Fathers ensured free ...
- Robert W McChesney, John Nichols
