Abby Martin

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(journalist)
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BornAbigail Suzanne Martin
6 September 1984
Oakland, California, U.S.
Alma materSan Diego State University
Member ofDisinfo.com
Interest of"Philip Cross"

Abby Martin is a journalist who presents The Empire Files for the Venezuelan broadcaster teleSUR.

Previously, she featured on RT's 'Breaking the Set' programme.[1] Before hosting her own show, Martin had worked for two years as a correspondent for RT America.

She is also an artist and activist, and helped found the citizen journalism website Media Roots.[2]

The Empire Files

In 2015 Abby Martin launched The Empire Files. Martin directs the show, and journalist and activist Michael Prysner produces it.[3]

The Empire Files is hosted by teleSUR, which is funded by several Latin American governments, but is editorially independent. Martin said:

"The show is totally independent of teleSUR... We merely sell them the content; they have zero control over anything we do".

Martin and Prysner received death threats for their reporting on protests in Venezuela.[4]

For The Empire Files, Abby Martin also reported from the Palestinian territories, the West Bank and the Amazon rainforest.[5][6]

Videos

 

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References

  1. "Abby Martin Breaks the Set One Last Time"
  2. "Media Roots.(The Media Beat)(on citizen journalism)"
  3. "The Empire Files". Retrieved 6 June 2017.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  4. Norton, Ben (3 June 2017). "Venezuelan Opposition Spreads Lies About U.S. Journalists, Inciting Violence, Death Threats". AlterNet. Retrieved 6 June 2017.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  5. "Empire Files: Silencing Palestine With Prison and Repression". Truthout. 21 April 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").
  6. "The Empire Files: Chevron vs. the Amazon - Inside the Killzone". The Real News. 16 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css must have content model "Sanitized CSS" for TemplateStyles (current model is "Scribunto").