Lori Reed
Lori Reed
Communist Party forum
Nearly 80 people attended the Missouri/Kansas Friends of the People’s Weekly World’s third annual “Working Class Media and Democracy” forum held at the Friends Meeting House, St.Louis Missouri Oct. 20, 2006.
Forum speakers included Bernie Hayes, the author of “The Death of Black Radio”; Pepe Lozano, reporter for the PWW; and Lori Reed, former reporter for Take Five magazine. Denise Lieberman from the Missouri Voter Protection Coalition moderated the event.
Reed, who now works for the American Friends Service Committee, spoke about the media’s role in the community, especially the African American community. Noting the recent closing of the 15-year-old magazine Take Five, which accented local issues and community involvement, Reed said the void it has left “hasn’t been filled yet.”
Reed also told participants about an articles she worked on uncovering police brutality in St. Louis, adding, “The corporate media isn’t doing anything to challenge police brutality.”
The forum raised over $3,000 for the People’s Weekly World national fund drive and garnered three new subscribers.[1]