Jump to content

Laura Flanders: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Tag: Reverted
m →‎The Laura Flanders Show: Spelling/grammar/punctuation/typographical correction
 
(18 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
⚫
{{short description|English journalist (born 1961)}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2020}}
{{EngvarB|date=September 2020}}
⚫
{{short description|British-American journalist (born 1961)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Laura Flanders
| name = Laura Flanders
| image = LF street horiz hi res (1) (cropped).JPG
| image = Laura Flanders (cropped).JPG
| alt =
| alt =
| caption =
| caption = Flanders in 2015
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|12|05|df=y}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1961|12|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = London, England, UK
| birth_place = London, England
| alma_mater = [[Barnard College]]
| alma_mater = [[Barnard College]]
| death_date =
| death_date =
Line 14: Line 14:
| death_cause =
| death_cause =
| occupation = Journalist, author, broadcaster
| occupation = Journalist, author, broadcaster
| known_for = [[Journalism]]
| partner = [[Elizabeth Streb]]
| partner = [[Elizabeth Streb]]
| parents = [[Michael Flanders]]<br />[[Claudia Cockburn]]
| parents = [[Michael Flanders]]<br />[[Claudia Cockburn]]
Line 20: Line 19:
}}
}}


'''Laura Flanders''' (born 5 December 1961) is an English [[broadcast journalist]] living in the United States, who presents the weekly, long-form interview show ''The Laura Flanders Show''.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://nhpbs.org/schedule/series.aspx|title=Laura Flanders Show &#124; Series Broadcast Times &#124; NHPBS Schedule|website=NHPBS}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW |url=https://www.aptonline.org/catalog/LAURA-FLANDERS-SHOW-THE |website=American Public TV |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref> Flanders has described herself as a "lefty person."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blip.tv/file/1334489 |title=GRITtv Interview: Stefan Forbes |access-date=9 November 2008 |work=GRITtv |publisher=[[GRITtv]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011095204/http://blip.tv/file/1334489 |archive-date=11 October 2008}}</ref> The brothers [[Alexander Cockburn|Alexander]], [[Andrew Cockburn|Andrew]] and [[Patrick Cockburn]]—all journalists—are her half uncles. Author [[Lydia Davis]] is her half-aunt. Her sister is [[Stephanie Flanders]], a former BBC journalist.<ref name="cabaret-berlin.com"/> Actress [[Olivia Wilde]] is her cousin.
'''Laura Flanders''' (born 5 December 1961) is an English [[broadcast journalist]] living in the United States who presents the weekly, long-form interview show ''The Laura Flanders Show''.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=http://nhpbs.org/schedule/series.aspx|title=Laura Flanders Show &#124; Series Broadcast Times &#124; NHPBS Schedule|website=NHPBS}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|title=THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW |url=https://www.aptonline.org/catalog/LAURA-FLANDERS-SHOW-THE |website=American Public TV |access-date=25 August 2020}}</ref> Flanders has described herself as a "lefty person".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blip.tv/file/1334489 |title=GRITtv Interview: Stefan Forbes |access-date=9 November 2008 |work=GRITtv |publisher=[[GRITtv]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011095204/http://blip.tv/file/1334489 |archive-date=11 October 2008}}</ref> The brothers [[Alexander Cockburn|Alexander]], [[Andrew Cockburn|Andrew]] and [[Patrick Cockburn]], all journalists, are her half-uncles. Author [[Lydia Davis]] is her half-aunt. Her sister is [[Stephanie Flanders]], a former [[BBC]] journalist.<ref name="cabaret-berlin.com"/> Actress [[Olivia Wilde]] is her cousin.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Flanders is the daughter of the British [[novelty song|comic songwriter]] and broadcaster [[Michael Flanders]] and the American-born [[Claudia Cockburn]], first daughter of well-known radical journalist [[Claud Cockburn]] and American author [[Hope Hale Davis]].<ref name="cabaret-berlin.com">{{Cite web|url=https://cabaret.berlin/|title=Cabaret Berlin – Exploring the entertainment of the Weimar era}}</ref> She grew up in the [[Kensington]] district of [[London]] and moved to the U.S. in 1980 at age 19.<ref name="90s raw">{{cite web|url=http://mediaburn.org/video/the-90s-raw-laura-flanders/|title=The '90s Raw: Laura Flanders|work=Media Burn|access-date=2 September 2013}}</ref> She graduated from [[Barnard College of Columbia University]] in 1985 with a degree in history and women's studies.<ref name="at home">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/garden/elizabeth-streb-and-laura-flanders-at-home-with.html?pagewanted=all|title=At home with Elizabeth Streb and Laura Flanders: A High-Level Collaboration on a SoHo Loft|work=The New York Times|author=Scelfo, Julie|date=15 December 2011|access-date=1 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="toward freedom">{{cite web|url=http://www.towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/639/59/|title=Laura Flanders: Anti-War Radio Journalist|author=Feldman, Bob|work=Toward Freedom|date=26 October 2005|access-date=1 September 2013}}</ref>
Flanders is the daughter of the British [[novelty song|comic songwriter]] and broadcaster [[Michael Flanders]] and the American-born [[Claudia Cockburn]], first daughter of radical journalist [[Claud Cockburn]] and American author [[Hope Hale Davis]].<ref name="cabaret-berlin.com">{{Cite web|url=https://cabaret.berlin/|title=Cabaret Berlin – Exploring the entertainment of the Weimar era}}</ref> She was raised in the [[Kensington]] district of London and moved to the U.S. in 1980 at age 19.<ref name="90s raw">{{cite web|url=http://mediaburn.org/video/the-90s-raw-laura-flanders/|title=The '90s Raw: Laura Flanders|work=Media Burn|access-date=2 September 2013}}</ref> She graduated from [[Barnard College of Columbia University]] in 1985 with a degree in history and women's studies.<ref name="at home">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/garden/elizabeth-streb-and-laura-flanders-at-home-with.html?pagewanted=all|title=At home with Elizabeth Streb and Laura Flanders: A High-Level Collaboration on a SoHo Loft|work=The New York Times|author=Scelfo, Julie|date=15 December 2011|access-date=1 September 2013}}</ref><ref name="toward freedom">{{cite web|url=http://www.towardfreedom.com/home/content/view/639/59/|title=Laura Flanders: Anti-War Radio Journalist|author=Feldman, Bob|work=Toward Freedom|date=26 October 2005|access-date=1 September 2013}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
[[File:Cornel West on Bernie Sanders, Michael Eric Dyson, Trans Rights, and B. B. King.webm|thumb|A 2015 episode of ''The Laura Flanders Show'' with [[Cornel West]]]]
[[File:Cornel West on Bernie Sanders, Michael Eric Dyson, Trans Rights, and B. B. King.webm|thumb|A 2015 episode of ''The Laura Flanders Show'' with [[Cornel West]]]]
Flanders has a history of trailblazing in the world of independent media. She was founding director of the women's desk at the media watch group [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]] (FAIR), and for a decade produced and hosted ''[[CounterSpin]]'', FAIR's syndicated radio program. In January 1993, she appeared on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] "[[Good Morning America]]" program as a spokesperson for FAIR to discuss how domestic violence increases during the annual [[Super Bowl]].
Flanders was founding director of the women's desk at the media watch group [[Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting]] (FAIR), and for a decade produced and hosted ''[[CounterSpin (radio program)|CounterSpin]]'', FAIR's syndicated radio program. In January 1993, she appeared on the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] ''[[Good Morning America]]'' program as a spokesperson for FAIR to discuss how domestic violence increases during the annual [[Super Bowl]].


Flanders hosted the weekday radio show ''Your Call'' on [[KALW]], before starting the Saturday/Sunday evening ''Laura Flanders Show'' on [[Air America Radio]] in 2004. It became the weekly one-hour ''[[Radio Nation]]'' in 2007, and a daily TV show on [[Free Speech TV]], "GRITtv with Laura Flanders" in 2008. That show aired for three years on Free Speech TV before moving to [[KCET]]/[[Linktv]] and [[teleSUR]], as a weekly program.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Team|url = http://www.lauraflanders.com/team|website = The Laura Flanders Show|access-date = 23 November 2015}}</ref>
Flanders hosted the weekday radio show ''Your Call'' on [[KALW]], before starting the Saturday/Sunday evening ''Laura Flanders Show'' on [[Air America Radio]] in 2004. It became the weekly one-hour ''[[Radio Nation]]'' in 2007, and a daily TV show on [[Free Speech TV]], "GRITtv with Laura Flanders" in 2008. That show aired for three years on Free Speech TV before moving to [[KCET]]/[[Linktv]] and [[teleSUR]], as a weekly program.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Team|url = http://www.lauraflanders.com/team|website = The Laura Flanders Show|access-date = 23 November 2015}}</ref> Flanders is a contributing writer for ''[[The Nation]]'', and ''[[Yes! (U.S. magazine)|Yes Magazine]]'' and has also contributed to ''[[In These Times (publication)|In These Times]]'', ''[[The Progressive]]'' and ''[[Ms. (magazine)|Ms.]]'', magazine.


⚫
She has authored six books, including ''Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians'' (Penguin Press 2007); ''Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species'' (Verso, 2004), a study of the women in [[George W. Bush]]'s cabinet; and a collection of essays, ''Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting'' (1997). She edited "''At the Tea Party....''" (O/R Books 2010) and ''The W Effect: Sexual Politics in the Age of Bush'' (2004) and contributed to ''The Contenders'', (Seven Stories, 2008) among others.
Flanders is a contributing writer for ''[[The Nation]]'', and ''[[Yes! (U.S. magazine)|Yes Magazine]]'' and has also contributed to ''[[In These Times]]'', ''[[The Progressive]]'' and ''[[Ms. Magazine]]''.


⚫
===''The Laura Flanders Show''===
⚫
She has published six books, including ''Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians'' (Penguin Press 2007); ''Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species'' (Verso, 2004), a study of the women in [[George W. Bush]]'s cabinet; and a collection of essays, ''Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting'' (1997). She edited "''At The Tea Party....''" (O/R Books 2010) and ''The W Effect: Sexual Politics in the Age of Bush'' (2004) and contributed to ''The Contenders'', (Seven Stories, 2008) among others.
In 2008, Flanders began hosting and executive producing ''The Laura Flanders Show''. ''The Laura Flanders Show'' is a 30-minute news and public affairs show that explores actionable models for creating a better world by reporting on the people and movements driving systemic change. Its tagline is, "Where the people who say it can't be done take a back seat to the people who are doing it."<ref name=":0" />


⚫
The show originally aired weekly on [[Free Speech TV]] and [[Telesur|teleSUR]]. In 2018, it became a coproduction of [[CUNY TV]].
⚫
===The Laura Flanders Show===
In 2008, Flanders began hosting and executive producing ''The Laura Flanders Show''. The show has received significant critical acclaim.


''The Laura Flanders Show'' is a 30-minute news and public affairs show that explores actionable models for creating a better world by reporting on the people and movements driving systemic change. Its tagline is, "Where the people who say it can't be done take a back seat to the people who are doing it."<ref name=":0" />
In 2019, ''The Laura Flanders Show'' was picked up for distribution by [[American Public Television]], and in 2020, began airing on [[PBS]] stations across the United States, including in 20 of the country's top 25 television markets.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>


⚫
==Personal life==
⚫
The show originally aired weekly on [[Free Speech TV]] and [[Telesur|teleSUR]]. In 2018, it became a coproduction of [[CUNY TV]].
⚫
Flanders is a lesbian.<ref name="ebar.com">{{Cite web|title=Queer journalist seeks to cover 'laboratories of democracy'|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news//302585|access-date=10 April 2021|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en}}</ref> In 2019, she married her partner of 30 years, choreographer [[Elizabeth Streb]].<ref name="ebar.com"/>


⚫
Flanders currently resides in [[Smallwood, New York]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Yakin|first=Heather|title=At home in Sullivan County, broadcasting to the nation|url=https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2021/01/29/laura-flanders-journalist-takes-on-social-issues-politics-change/4260330001/|access-date=29 January 2021|website=Times Herald-Record|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2019, ''The Laura Flanders Show'' was picked up for distribution by [[American Public Television]] and in 2020 began airing on [[PBS]] stations across the [[United States]], including in 20 of the country's top 25 television markets.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto"/>


=== Awards ===
=== Awards ===
Line 78: Line 78:
|2013
|2013
|Stonewall Community Foundation
|Stonewall Community Foundation
|}
|}

⚫
==Personal life==
⚫
Flanders is a [[lesbian]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Queer journalist seeks to cover 'laboratories of democracy'|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news//302585|access-date=10 April 2021|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en}}</ref> In 2019 she married her partner of 30 years, choreographer [[Elizabeth Streb]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Queer journalist seeks to cover 'laboratories of democracy'|url=https://www.ebar.com/news/latest_news//302585|access-date=10 April 2021|website=The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc.|language=en}}</ref>

⚫
Flanders currently resides in Smallwood, NY. <ref>{{Cite web|last=Yakin|first=Heather|title=At home in Sullivan County, broadcasting to the nation|url=https://www.recordonline.com/story/news/2021/01/29/laura-flanders-journalist-takes-on-social-issues-politics-change/4260330001/|access-date=29 January 2021|website=Times Herald-Record|language=en-US}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
{{Portal|Biography|Journalism|LGBT}}
{{Portal|Biography|Journalism|LGBT}}
*''[http://www.lauraflanders.org The Laura Flanders Show]''
*''[http://www.lauraflanders.org The Laura Flanders Show]''
*{{C-SPAN|Laura Flanders}}
*{{C-SPAN|92505}}


{{AAR}}
{{AAR}}
Line 106: Line 101:
[[Category:American radio journalists]]
[[Category:American radio journalists]]
[[Category:American talk radio hosts]]
[[Category:American talk radio hosts]]
[[Category:Women radio presenters]]
[[Category:American women radio hosts]]
[[Category:Barnard College alumni]]
[[Category:Barnard College alumni]]
[[Category:Cockburn family]]
[[Category:Cockburn family]]
Line 112: Line 107:
[[Category:English people of American descent]]
[[Category:English people of American descent]]
[[Category:English people of Scottish descent]]
[[Category:English people of Scottish descent]]
[[Category:Lesbian writers]]
[[Category:American lesbian writers]]
[[Category:LGBT writers from the United States]]
[[Category:People from Kensington]]
[[Category:People from Kensington]]
[[Category:People from Manhattan]]
[[Category:People from Manhattan]]

Latest revision as of 23:37, 20 February 2024

Laura Flanders
Flanders in 2015
Born (1961-12-05) 5 December 1961 (age 62)
London, England
Alma materBarnard College
Occupation(s)Journalist, author, broadcaster
PartnerElizabeth Streb
Parent(s)Michael Flanders
Claudia Cockburn
Websitelauraflanders.org

Laura Flanders (born 5 December 1961) is an English broadcast journalist living in the United States who presents the weekly, long-form interview show The Laura Flanders Show.[1][2] Flanders has described herself as a "lefty person".[3] The brothers Alexander, Andrew and Patrick Cockburn, all journalists, are her half-uncles. Author Lydia Davis is her half-aunt. Her sister is Stephanie Flanders, a former BBC journalist.[4] Actress Olivia Wilde is her cousin.

Early life

[edit]

Flanders is the daughter of the British comic songwriter and broadcaster Michael Flanders and the American-born Claudia Cockburn, first daughter of radical journalist Claud Cockburn and American author Hope Hale Davis.[4] She was raised in the Kensington district of London and moved to the U.S. in 1980 at age 19.[5] She graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University in 1985 with a degree in history and women's studies.[6][7]

Career

[edit]
A 2015 episode of The Laura Flanders Show with Cornel West

Flanders was founding director of the women's desk at the media watch group Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR), and for a decade produced and hosted CounterSpin, FAIR's syndicated radio program. In January 1993, she appeared on the ABC Good Morning America program as a spokesperson for FAIR to discuss how domestic violence increases during the annual Super Bowl.

Flanders hosted the weekday radio show Your Call on KALW, before starting the Saturday/Sunday evening Laura Flanders Show on Air America Radio in 2004. It became the weekly one-hour Radio Nation in 2007, and a daily TV show on Free Speech TV, "GRITtv with Laura Flanders" in 2008. That show aired for three years on Free Speech TV before moving to KCET/Linktv and teleSUR, as a weekly program.[8] Flanders is a contributing writer for The Nation, and Yes Magazine and has also contributed to In These Times, The Progressive and Ms., magazine.

She has authored six books, including Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians (Penguin Press 2007); Bushwomen: Tales of a Cynical Species (Verso, 2004), a study of the women in George W. Bush's cabinet; and a collection of essays, Real Majority, Media Minority: The Cost of Sidelining Women in Reporting (1997). She edited "At the Tea Party...." (O/R Books 2010) and The W Effect: Sexual Politics in the Age of Bush (2004) and contributed to The Contenders, (Seven Stories, 2008) among others.

The Laura Flanders Show

[edit]

In 2008, Flanders began hosting and executive producing The Laura Flanders Show. The Laura Flanders Show is a 30-minute news and public affairs show that explores actionable models for creating a better world by reporting on the people and movements driving systemic change. Its tagline is, "Where the people who say it can't be done take a back seat to the people who are doing it."[9]

The show originally aired weekly on Free Speech TV and teleSUR. In 2018, it became a coproduction of CUNY TV.

In 2019, The Laura Flanders Show was picked up for distribution by American Public Television, and in 2020, began airing on PBS stations across the United States, including in 20 of the country's top 25 television markets.[1][2]

Personal life

[edit]

Flanders is a lesbian.[10] In 2019, she married her partner of 30 years, choreographer Elizabeth Streb.[10]

Flanders currently resides in Smallwood, New York.[11]

Awards

[edit]
Award Year Organization
Lannan Cultural Freedom Fellowship for her work in independent media[12] 2019 Lannan Foundation
Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award[13] 2019 Women's Media Center
Urban Journalist of the Year[9] 2019 City Limits
Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media[14] 2019 Park Center for Independent Media
Most Valuable Multimedia Maker[15] 2018 The Nation Magazine's 2018 Progressive Honor Roll
Communicator of the Year[16] 2013 NY Metro Labor Press Council
Stonewall Award 2013 Stonewall Community Foundation

References

[edit]
  1. ^ a b "Laura Flanders Show | Series Broadcast Times | NHPBS Schedule". NHPBS.
  2. ^ a b "THE LAURA FLANDERS SHOW". American Public TV. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
  3. ^ "GRITtv Interview: Stefan Forbes". GRITtv. GRITtv. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
  4. ^ a b "Cabaret Berlin – Exploring the entertainment of the Weimar era".
  5. ^ "The '90s Raw: Laura Flanders". Media Burn. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
  6. ^ Scelfo, Julie (15 December 2011). "At home with Elizabeth Streb and Laura Flanders: A High-Level Collaboration on a SoHo Loft". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  7. ^ Feldman, Bob (26 October 2005). "Laura Flanders: Anti-War Radio Journalist". Toward Freedom. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
  8. ^ "Team". The Laura Flanders Show. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
  9. ^ a b "About". The Laura Flanders Show. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Queer journalist seeks to cover 'laboratories of democracy'". The Bay Area Reporter / B.A.R. Inc. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
  11. ^ Yakin, Heather. "At home in Sullivan County, broadcasting to the nation". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  12. ^ "Lannan Foundation". Lannan Foundation. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  13. ^ "Laura Flanders Receives the WMC Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award". Indie News Watch. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  14. ^ "The Annual Izzy Award". Ithaca College. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  15. ^ Nichols, John (20 December 2018). "The 2018 Progressive Honor Roll". The Nation. ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
  16. ^ "1199SEIU Communicators Win Seven Award in Labor Contest". 1199SEIU. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Laura_Flanders&oldid=1209240771"