Asheville Global Report

Asheville Global Report

The Asheville Global Report (AGR) is a liberal independent media outlet based in Asheville, North Carolina. Between 1999 and May 2007, the AGR published a free weekly newspaper. The organization currently produces radio programming and a television show, AGR TV, that is aired on Free Speech TV and public access channels in Asheville, Atlanta, Boone, Chapel Hill and Raleigh. According to its website, the AGR's mission is to "cover news underreported by mainstream media, believing that a free exchange of information is necessary to organize for social change." [ [http://agrnews.org/?section=about About the AGR] ]

Since its inception in 1999, the Asheville Global Report has received several awards, including 10 Project Censored Awards. Additionally, the American Civil Liberties Union of Western North Carolina presented the AGR with its "Champion of Civil Liberties Award" and the Utne Reader has nominated the AGR for “Best International Coverage in the United States.”

According to anarchist blogger Chuck Munson the "AGR is an excellent example of what independent media activists could be doing in their local communities... [It] is mercifully free of the typical leftist rhetoric and jargon that one frequently finds in activist-run community newspapers." [ [http://www.infoshop.org/inews/article.php?story=04/03/09/4841828 Infoshop News - Review: Asheville Global Report ] ]

On Sunday, May 20 2007, AGR editor Eamon Martin announced that the organization would cease publication of its newspaper after eight and a half years due to the "difficulties in sustaining a grassroots publishing enterprise." [ [http://www.mountainx.com/news/the_world_turns_asheville_global_report_newspaper_will_fold The world turns: Asheville Global Report newspaper will fold] ]

References

External links

* [http://agrnews.org/ Asheville Global Report] (official site)
* [http://www.mountainx.com/news/2003/1022globalreport.php "A World of Difference"] , an interview with AGR editor Eamon Martin


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