GRITtv with Laura Flanders is a new, news and arts discussion show, available daily, in multiple formats, with interactivity and a positive take on what's going on. The show launched May 12, 2008. Made possible by Free Speech TV, GRITtv is viewer-supported. Checks in support of GRITtv, made out to Laura Flanders Limited, may be sent to GRITtv at the address below.

CONTACT: 641 6th Ave., 4th Fl., NY, NY 10011 || 212 871 8100 || grittv@grittv.org

On Satellite: GRITtv airs 4 x daily on Free Speech TV, at 8 & 1 Eastern, on the Dish Network (channel 9415, immediately following “Democracy Now.")

On Cable: GRITtv is also available to cable stations in 35 states and 200 college stations. Find out how you can bring GRITtv to your local station. Contact grittv@grittv.org.

Online: Watch GRITtv any time you want -- in full or in parts -- on Firedoglake.com. Or click straight to GRITtv.org where you can subscribe to the video feed.

Laura Flanders: Best-selling author and broadcaster Laura Flanders has built a reputation for presenting new perspectives on national and international issues, and for introducing non-traditional “experts” into the conventional political debate. Flanders was the founding host of the Women’s Desk at the media watch group, FAIR where she hosted CounterSpin, FAIR’s syndicated radio show. In 2001, she launched the award-winning YOUR CALL on public radio, KALW, in San Francisco. In the original-line up on Air America Radio, she hosted “The Laura Flanders Show” and then "RadioNation," the weekly program of The Nation magazine. Her books include, Blue Grit: True Democrats Take Back Politics from the Politicians (Penguin Press, 2007) and the New York Times best-seller BUSHWOMEN: Tales of a Cynical Species (Verso, 2004), an investigation into the women in George W. Bush's Cabinet. She is a regular contributor to the Nation, Ms. Magazine, the Huffington Post, Alternet and Common Dreams.org and CNN. Find out more at Lauraflanders.com.

Executive Producer, Carl Ginsburg is a long time media executive, former CBS producer and Program Director and later COO of Air America.

Senior Producer, Gina Kim worked as a producer for NOW with Bill Moyers & David Brancaccio, on PBS. Before that, she served as a producer on Phil Donahue’s program Donahue on MSNBC. Gina also worked with Michael Moore on The Awful Truth.

GOT DOCs Producer, Patricia Foulkrod's film credits include, most recently "The Ground Truth," an investigation of what killing does to soldiers.

Arts Producer, Alexa Birdsong is former Director of Arts and Cultural Programs for the City Parks Foundation of the city of New York where she booked and managed events in over 700 parks.

Bignoise Productions (design) is a non-profit media collective whose films include The Jena 6, Black and Gold, This is What Democracy Looks Like and The War of 33.

West End Productions (directorial) is a full service Manhattan-based company with years of experience on network television, cable, and corporate projects.

Managing Producer, Lisa Guido is an Emmy award-winning editor/producer with twenty years in broadcasting, including three seasons of PBS's "Rights & Wrongs: Human Rights Television" with Charlayne Hunter-Gault & ten years at WNBC-TV.

GRITtv is represented by William Schaap, Esq.

SUPPORT GRITtv: Contributions to GRITtv may be made online. Checks in support of GRITtv, made out to Laura Flanders Limited, may be sent to GRITtv at the address below.

CONTACT: 641 6th Ave., 4th Fl., NY, NY 10011 || 212 871 8100 || grittv@grittv.org

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