Media critic and commentator Jeff Cohen is available to comment on media coverage of the 2016 presidential election, including the presidential and vice presidential debates beginning on Monday, Sept. 26.
Cohen has argued that the debates should be expanded to include third-party candidates like Gary Johnson and Jill Stein.
Cohen is an associate professor of journalism and founding director of the the Park Center for Independent Media at Ithaca College. The center’s mission is to study the growing independent media sector, encourage career paths inside independent outlets and examine the impact that maverick, entrepreneurial and independent institutions are having on journalism, politics and culture.
In 1986, Cohen founded FAIR (Fairness & Accuracy in Reporting), a national media watch group. He oversaw FAIR’s academic studies of balance and diversity on TV and radio and helped launch its magazine, “Extra!” and its nationally syndicated radio show, “CounterSpin.”
He holds a law degree and previously served as an attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union. In 2003 he was the Communications Director of the Kucinich for President campaign.
More information on Cohen’s expertise and background is available on the Ithaca College website.
Cohen is available for interviews and can be reached at [email protected], or by contacting Dan Verderosa in the Ithaca College Office of Marketing Communications at [email protected] or 607-274-1440.
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