My students at Stony Brook University and I listened to one of the most fascinating journalists of our era.
Her name is Marta Rojas. She's in Cuba, and she's been ignored by the American media.
Instead, all the U.S. press wants to hear from and hear about is Yoanis Sanchez, the dissident blogger.
Marta, who is 80 years old, is a true hero of a journalism. Learning about her exploits, one has to wonder why she's been unrecognized by the press on this side of the Gulf. Well, obviously it's because she's been identified with the "communist" regime of Fidel Castro.
See our report. And see the quick video that students put together. Students were working with me (I put the trip to Cuba together) and Rick Ricioppo, who's a professor of broadcast journalism at Stony Brook. I, of course, am at Brooklyn College. (The Stony Brook program is called Journalism Without Walls.)
Marta Rojas: A Cuban Journalist from Stony Brook School of Journalism on Vimeo.
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