Reese Erlich
Encyclopedia
Reese Erlich is a best-selling book author and freelance journalist who writes regularly for the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. Radio
, Marketplace Radio and National Public Radio. He has won numerous journalism
awards and he was a segment producer on a radio series that won a Peabody
award.
In 1968 he first visited Cuba for the first time, which led to a continuing interest in that country that would eventually lead to a book called Dateline Havana (2009)
Erlich first worked as a staff writer and research editor for Ramparts
, a national investigative reporting magazine published in San Francisco from 1963 to 1975. His magazine articles have appeared in San Francisco Magazine, California Monthly, Mother Jones
, The Progressive
, The Nation
, and AARP's Segunda Juventud.
Erlich's book, Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You, co-authored with Norman Solomon
, became a best seller in 2003. His book, The Iran Agenda: the Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis, was published in October 2007 with a foreword by Robert Scheer
.
In a San Francisco Chronicle
book review, Ruth Rosen
wrote, "Some people are treated as pariahs when they tell the truth; later, history lauds them for their courage and convictions. Reese Erlich is one of those truth tellers." Erlich's book "Dateline Havana: The Real Story of US Policy and the Future of Cuba" came out in January 2009.
Erlich worked with Walter Cronkite
on four public radio documentaries. Cronkite has written, "Reese Erlich is a great radio producer and a great friend."
Since 1995, Erlich has produced Jazz Perspectives for public radio stations and online through Jazzcorner.com. Jazz Perspectives are produced features profiling jazz, blues and Latin musicians.
Erlich is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the Media.
CBC Radio
CBC Radio generally refers to the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which are outlined below.-English:CBC Radio operates three English language...
, Marketplace Radio and National Public Radio. He has won numerous journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
awards and he was a segment producer on a radio series that won a Peabody
Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...
award.
Biography
Erlich was born and raised in Los Angeles. In 1965 he enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley, and later became active in the anti-Vietnam War movement. In October 1967 Erlich and others organized Stop the Draft Week They were arrested and became known as the "Oakland Seven." In their trial they were acquitted of all charges, being successfully represented by Charles Garry.In 1968 he first visited Cuba for the first time, which led to a continuing interest in that country that would eventually lead to a book called Dateline Havana (2009)
Erlich first worked as a staff writer and research editor for Ramparts
Ramparts (magazine)
Ramparts was an American political and literary magazine, published from 1962 through 1975.-History:Founded by Edward M. Keating as a Catholic literary quarterly, the magazine became closely associated with the New Left after executive editor Warren Hinckle hired Robert Scheer as managing editor...
, a national investigative reporting magazine published in San Francisco from 1963 to 1975. His magazine articles have appeared in San Francisco Magazine, California Monthly, Mother Jones
Mother Jones (magazine)
Mother Jones is an American independent news organization, featuring investigative and breaking news reporting on politics, the environment, human rights, and culture. Mother Jones has been nominated for 23 National Magazine Awards and has won six times, including for General Excellence in 2001,...
, The Progressive
The Progressive
The Progressive is an American monthly magazine of politics, culture and progressivism with a pronounced liberal perspective on some issues. Known for its pacifism, it has strongly opposed military interventions, such as the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. The magazine also devotes much coverage...
, The Nation
The Nation
The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States. The periodical, devoted to politics and culture, is self-described as "the flagship of the left." Founded on July 6, 1865, It is published by The Nation Company, L.P., at 33 Irving Place, New York City.The Nation...
, and AARP's Segunda Juventud.
Erlich's book, Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You, co-authored with Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon
Norman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist, and current candidate for the United States House of Representatives. Solomon is a longtime associate of the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting...
, became a best seller in 2003. His book, The Iran Agenda: the Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis, was published in October 2007 with a foreword by Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer
Robert Scheer is an American journalist who writes a column for Truthdig which is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate in publications such as The Huffington Post and The Nation...
.
In a San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
thumb|right|upright|The Chronicle Building following the [[1906 San Francisco earthquake|1906 earthquake]] and fireThe San Francisco Chronicle is a newspaper serving primarily the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, but distributed throughout Northern and Central California,...
book review, Ruth Rosen
Ruth Rosen
Ruth Rosen is a pioneering historian of gender and society, an award-winning journalist and a Professor Emerita at University of California Davis....
wrote, "Some people are treated as pariahs when they tell the truth; later, history lauds them for their courage and convictions. Reese Erlich is one of those truth tellers." Erlich's book "Dateline Havana: The Real Story of US Policy and the Future of Cuba" came out in January 2009.
Erlich worked with Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years . During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll...
on four public radio documentaries. Cronkite has written, "Reese Erlich is a great radio producer and a great friend."
Since 1995, Erlich has produced Jazz Perspectives for public radio stations and online through Jazzcorner.com. Jazz Perspectives are produced features profiling jazz, blues and Latin musicians.
Erlich is listed in Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the Media.
Books
- Conversations with Terrorists: Middle East Leaders on Politics, Violence and Empire, Polipoint PressPolipoint PressPoliPointPress was a San Francisco Bay Area publishing company, originally founded to print the work of University of Phoenix founder John Sperling...
, Sept. 14, 2010, ISBN-13: 978-0982417133 In a review, Publishers Weekly wrote, “Using decades of his personal reporting, personal interviews, and new research, … Erlich efficiently unearths some of the most problematic and overlooked narratives about terrorism.” - Dateline Havana: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Future of Cuba, Polipoint PressPolipoint PressPoliPointPress was a San Francisco Bay Area publishing company, originally founded to print the work of University of Phoenix founder John Sperling...
, 2009, ISBN 978-0981576978- Review: Dateline Havana on Foreign Policy In FocusForeign Policy In FocusForeign Policy In Focus is a project of the Institute for Policy Studies in Washington, DC. FPIF describes itself as a "Think Tank Without Walls" that brings together over 600 writers, scholars, academics, artists and activists seeking to make the United States a more responsible global...
- Review: Dateline Havana on Foreign Policy In Focus
- The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis, Polipoint Press, 2007, ISBN 978-0977825356
- Target Iraq: What the News Media Didn’t Tell You (co-authored with Norman SolomonNorman SolomonNorman Solomon is an American journalist, media critic, antiwar activist, and current candidate for the United States House of Representatives. Solomon is a longtime associate of the media watch group Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting...
), Context Books, 2003, ISBN 978-1893956391
Major radio documentaries
- "Lessons from Hiroshima 60 Years Later," one-hour radio documentary hosted by Walter Cronkite and distributed by Public Radio InternationalPublic Radio InternationalPublic Radio International is a Minneapolis-based American public radio organization, with locations in Boston, New York, London and Beijing. PRI's tagline is "Hear a different voice." PRI is a major public media content creator and also distributes programs from many sources...
. - "Security Check: Confronting Today's Global Threats," 10-minute segment on drugs and small arms in Colombia.
- "Reaching for Peace in the Holy Land," a half-hour documentary hosted by Walter Cronkite and distributed by Public Radio International.
- "Children of War: Fighting, Dying, Surviving," a one-hour documentary hosted by Charlayne Hunter-GaultCharlayne Hunter-GaultCharlayne Hunter-Gault is an American journalist and former foreign correspondent for National Public Radio, and the Public Broadcasting Service....
and distributed to over 200 public radio stations in the US, Canada and Australia. - "The Russia Project," a two-hour documentary hosted by Walter Cronkite, distributed to over 200 public radio stations.
- "The Iran Project," a one-hour documentary hosted by Walter Cronkite, distributed to 170 public radio stations.
- Produced two, one-hour documentaries on the life of Louis ArmstrongLouis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong , nicknamed Satchmo or Pops, was an American jazz trumpeter and singer from New Orleans, Louisiana....
as part of the Louis Armstrong Centennial Radio Project airing on NPR. - One hour documentary on the life of Cuban pianist Chucho ValdésChucho ValdésChucho Valdés is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Valdés is revered as one of Cuba's greatest jazz pianists...
for NPR's Jazz Profiles. - One hour documentary on the life of guitarist Jim HallJim Hall (musician)James Stanley Hall is an American jazz guitarist.-Biography:Educated at the Cleveland Institute of Music, Hall moved to Los Angeles where he began to attract national, and then international, attention in the late 1950s...
for NPR's Jazz Profiles. - One hour documentary on the life of Buddy ColletteBuddy ColletteWilliam Marcel "Buddy" Collette was an American tenor saxophonist, flautist, and clarinetist. He was highly influential in the West coast jazz and West Coast blues mediums, also collaborating with saxophonist Dexter Gordon, drummer Chico Hamilton, and his lifelong friend, bassist Charles...
for NPR's Jazz Profiles.
Journalism awards
- 2011 Erlich received two grants from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting to cover the Arab Spring uprisings.
- 2010 Erlich and co-author Peter CoyotePeter CoyotePeter Coyote is an American actor, author, director, screenwriter and narrator of films, theatre, television and audio books. His voice work includes narrating the opening ceremony of the 2002 Winter Olympics and Apple's iPad campaign. He has also served as on-camera co-host of the 2000 Oscar...
won an honorable mention from Project CensoredProject CensoredProject Censored is a non-profit, media criticism and investigative journalism project within the Sonoma State University Foundation. It is managed through the School of Social Sciences at the university....
for their 2009 article in Vanity Fair OnlineVanity Fair (magazine)Vanity Fair is a magazine of pop culture, fashion, and current affairs published by Condé Nast. The present Vanity Fair has been published since 1983 and there have been editions for four European countries as well as the U.S. edition. This revived the title which had ceased publication in 1935...
entitled “Murders at Al-Sukariya.” - 2006 Peabody AwardPeabody AwardThe George Foster Peabody Awards recognize distinguished and meritorious public service by radio and television stations, networks, producing organizations and individuals. In 1939, the National Association of Broadcasters formed a committee to recognize outstanding achievement in radio broadcasting...
, shared with producers of Crossing EastCrossing EastCrossing East is a documentary series for public radio produced by Dmae Roberts and MediaRites and is hosted by George Takei and Margaret Cho, the sometimes controversial stand-up comedian...
, a public radio documentary describing the history of Asians in the U.S. - Clarion Award presented by the Association for Women in Communications for the public radio documentary "Children of War." (2006)
- Second and third place from the National Headliner AwardsNational Headliner AwardsThe National Headliner Awards are a prize given out by Press Club of Atlantic City since 1935. Both broadcast journalism and print journalism are recognized, in separate categories.-External links:*...
in the Best Documentary and War Coverage categories (2004) for "Children of War." - Project CensoredProject CensoredProject Censored is a non-profit, media criticism and investigative journalism project within the Sonoma State University Foundation. It is managed through the School of Social Sciences at the university....
at Sonoma State UniversitySonoma State UniversitySonoma State University is a public, coeducational business and liberal arts college affiliated with the California State University system. The main campus is located in Rohnert Park, California, United States and lies approximately south of Santa Rosa and north of San Francisco...
, eighth most censored story in America in 2002-3 for article "Hidden Killers" about U.S. use of depleted uraniumDepleted uraniumDepleted uranium is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope U-235 than natural uranium . Uses of DU take advantage of its very high density of 19.1 g/cm3...
. - Depth reporting prize for broadcast journalism awarded by the Northern California Chapter of the Society of Professional JournalistsSociety of Professional JournalistsThe Society of Professional Journalists , formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi, is one of the oldest organizations representing journalists in the United States. It was established in April 1909 at DePauw University, and its charter was designed by William Meharry Glenn. The ten founding members of...
(2002) for public radio documentary The Russia Project hosted by Walter Cronkite. - Bronze World Medal in the national/international news category from the New York Festivals (2002) for The Russia Project.
- Second place in the Chicago International Film FestivalChicago International Film FestivalThe Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America....
investigative reporting category (1996) for Erlich's TV documentary "Prison Labor/Prison Blues."
External links
- The Iran Agenda: The Real Story of U.S. Policy and the Middle East Crisis
- The Iran Project (2002 radio documentary)
- Video of Iran speech at Google campus
- Jazz Perspectives
- Guardian Article
- http://www.reeseerlich.com
- "The Murders at al-Sukariya", by Reese Erlich and Peter Coyote, Vanity Fair, web exclusive, October 22, 2009
- Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting http://pulitzercenter.org/projects/arab-spring-gaza-egypt-mubarak-tahrir-square