Laura Flanders
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Born | London, UK | 5 December 1961
Alma mater | Barnard College |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, author, broadcaster |
Known for | Journalism |
Partner | Elizabeth Streb |
Parent(s) | Michael Flanders Claudia Cockburn |
Website | The Laura Flanders Show |
Laura Flanders (born 5 December 1961) is a [British-American]] 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
Flanders is the daughter of the British 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.[4] She grew up 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
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 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 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.
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."[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.[10][11]
Awards
Award | Year | Organization |
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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 |
Personal life
Flanders is a lesbian; in 2019 she married her partner of 30 years, choreographer Elizabeth Streb.
References
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(help) - ^ "GRITtv Interview: Stefan Forbes". GRITtv. GRITtv. Archived from the original on 11 October 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
- ^ a b "Six Degrees of Separation – Sally Bowles to Stephanie Flanders – Cabaret Berlin".
- ^ "The '90s Raw: Laura Flanders". Media Burn. Retrieved 2 September 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Feldman, Bob (26 October 2005). "Laura Flanders: Anti-War Radio Journalist". Toward Freedom. Retrieved 1 September 2013.
- ^ "Team". The Laura Flanders Show. Retrieved 23 November 2015.
- ^ a b "About". The Laura Flanders Show. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ https://nhpbs.org/schedule/series.aspx?progName=Laura+Flanders+Show.
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(help) - ^ American Public TV https://www.aptonline.org/catalog/LAURA-FLANDERS-SHOW-THE. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
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(help) - ^ "Lannan Foundation". Lannan Foundation. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "Laura Flanders Receives the WMC Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award". Indie News Watch. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "The Annual Izzy Award". Ithaca College. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ Nichols, John (20 December 2018). "The 2018 Progressive Honor Roll". ISSN 0027-8378. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
- ^ "1199SEIU Communicators Win Seven Award in Labor Contest". 1199SEIU. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
External links
- 1961 births
- Living people
- American alternative journalists
- American broadcast news analysts
- American political commentators
- American political writers
- American radio journalists
- American talk radio hosts
- Women radio presenters
- Barnard College alumni
- Cockburn family
- English emigrants to the United States
- English people of American descent
- English people of Scottish descent
- Lesbian writers
- LGBT writers from the United States
- People from Kensington
- People from Manhattan
- Radio personalities from New York City
- Radio personalities from San Francisco
- The Nation (U.S. magazine) people