Author: Ellen Goodman

The London School of Economics Media Policy Project has asked scholars, industry, and policymakers to reflect on this question:  what does media pluralism policy look like in the digital age? My contribution argues that we need to have a broader conception of informational justice that encompasses all the ways people circulate information and are influenced … Continue reading Informational Justice as the New Media Pluralism…

In next week’s election, Oregon and Colorado will both put ballot measures before voters that would require mandatory labeling of GMO foods.  Both measures say that a “yes” vote would satisfy consumers’ right to know about food composition, would allow them to make choices about their health and religious convictions, and is justified by scientific … Continue reading GMO Food Labeling on the Ballots – And in the Courts…

Back in 2010, when the Supreme Court decided Citizens United, it said that we didn’t need to worry about equating money with speech. Allowing unlimited corporate expenditures on campaign ads wouldn’t distort electioneering communications because people could judge for themselves what to believe. As long as there was good disclosure about who was speaking. The … Continue reading Farewell to Transparency: 10th Cir. Says Citizens United Need Not Disclose on Electioneering Films…

Public stations in Connecticut and San Mateo may be at the leading edge of a mass sell-off of public media assets in the 2015 massive FCC spectrum auction. These stations have entered into agreements with LocusPoint Networks, a subsidiary of the private equity firm Blackstone Group, whereby LocusPoint shoulders the stations’ operating costs until the … Continue reading Private Equity Gobbling Up Public TV Stations: What Does the Public Get?…