Rock Creek Free Press
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The Rock Creek Free Press was an alternative, monthly newspaper
published in Washington, DC.
. The paper managed to publish only 5 issues in 2007 but began publishing monthly in December of that year.
In 2008 The Rock Creek Free Press received a Project Censored
award for publishing one of the 25 most censored stories of 2008.
In September 2011, the staff of the Rock Creek Free Press announced that the paper would discontinue publication.
, 9/11 and other examples of what it claimed are False flag
terrorism.
, usually eight pages, the paper contained an average of 20 articles per issue. Regular features included articles about corporate media propaganda, with historical examples relevant to today.
, of approximately 20,000 readers, made the Creek a mid-sized independent newspaper. Most of the paper's print run of over 13,000 copies was distributed free in and around Washington, DC. Publication of the paper was supported by more than 1,000 mail subscribers from all 50 states and over a dozen foreign countries.
on-line version of every issue as soon as that issue went to press.
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
published in Washington, DC.
History
The Rock Creek Free Press was founded in Washington, DC, in 2007. The first issue was dated January 23, 2007, and was distributed at a large anti-war rally that day on the National MallNational Mall
The National Mall is an open-area national park in downtown Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. The National Mall is a unit of the National Park Service , and is administered by the National Mall and Memorial Parks unit...
. The paper managed to publish only 5 issues in 2007 but began publishing monthly in December of that year.
In 2008 The Rock Creek Free Press received a Project Censored
Project Censored
Project 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....
award for publishing one of the 25 most censored stories of 2008.
In September 2011, the staff of the Rock Creek Free Press announced that the paper would discontinue publication.
Content and format
The Creek, as an alternative paper, was more focused on commentary and historical context than the reporting of day to day, or week to week events. Supporters of its editorial content described it as "anti-fascist". The paper's self-stated mission was to cover the stories it claimed the corporate-controlled media refuses to cover. The Creek frequently published stories regarding 'conspiracies' both current and historic. Topics covered included, the JFK assassination, the RFK assassination, the MLK assassination, the Gulf of Tonkin, Operation GladioOperation Gladio
Operation Gladio is the codename for a clandestine NATO "stay-behind" operation in Italy after World War II. Its purpose was to continue anti-communist actions in the event of a shift to a Communist party led government...
, 9/11 and other examples of what it claimed are False flag
False flag
False flag operations are covert operations designed to deceive the public in such a way that the operations appear as though they are being carried out by other entities. The name is derived from the military concept of flying false colors; that is flying the flag of a country other than one's own...
terrorism.
Format
Published every month as a large format broadsheetBroadsheet
Broadsheet is the largest of the various newspaper formats and is characterized by long vertical pages . The term derives from types of popular prints usually just of a single sheet, sold on the streets and containing various types of material, from ballads to political satire. The first broadsheet...
, usually eight pages, the paper contained an average of 20 articles per issue. Regular features included articles about corporate media propaganda, with historical examples relevant to today.
Circulation
The paper's circulationNewspaper circulation
A newspaper's circulation is the number of copies it distributes on an average day. Circulation is one of the principal factors used to set advertising rates. Circulation is not always the same as copies sold, often called paid circulation, since some newspapers are distributed without cost to the...
, of approximately 20,000 readers, made the Creek a mid-sized independent newspaper. Most of the paper's print run of over 13,000 copies was distributed free in and around Washington, DC. Publication of the paper was supported by more than 1,000 mail subscribers from all 50 states and over a dozen foreign countries.
Website
The Creek offered a .PDFPortable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
on-line version of every issue as soon as that issue went to press.