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Daniel Isaac "Danny" Schechter (June 27, 1942 – March 19, 2015) was an American television producer, independent filmmaker, blogger, and media critic. He wrote and spoke about many issues including apartheid, civil rights, economics, foreign policy, journalistic control and ethics, and medicine.
Mar 24, 2015 · Danny Schechter, whose media criticism became a staple of Boston radio and who went on to champion human rights as an author, filmmaker and television producer, died on Thursday in Manhattan. He...
Mar 20, 2015 · The author, filmmaker and media reform activist Danny Schechter has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 72. Danny Schechter rose to prominence as the “The News Dissector” on Boston’s WBCN...
Mar 30, 2015 · Danny Schechter, 72, who died March 19, was dubbed “the news dissector” in the 1970s for his newscasts on WBCN-FM, and went on to write books and produced TV documentaries.
- Bryan Marquard
Mar 23, 2015 · We speak with two close colleagues and friends of the pioneering author, filmmaker and media reform activist Danny Schechter, who died last week of pancreatic cancer at the age of 72, and play...
Mar 23, 2015 · Danny Schechter "the News Dissector" made a long career of mixing journalism with outrage and activism. For The World's environment editor Peter Thomson, he was the inspritation —and springboard — for a life in public radio.
Journalist Danny Schechter, a 1978 Nieman Fellow who chronicled the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa, advocated for human rights and other causes, and spoke out often about the need for a vigilant and independent press, has died after a battle with cancer at the age of 72.
