Welcome to News Beat. The following is a discussion among members of the News Beat team, highlighting what the podcast is all about and how their careers as journalists led them to this point. We want every News Beat to be a work of art—bringing together the activist communities in both hip-hop and journalism to preach a new narrative.

For show notes, visit usnewsbeat.com.

PRODUCTION CREDITS

News Beat is an MP Studios production, a division of Morey Publishing
www.MoreyPublishing.com

News Beat is produced and engineered by Michael “Manny Faces” Conforti
www.MannyFaces.com

Original Music Supervision by Eden White
www.EdenWhiteMusic.com

News Beat Executive Producer is Jed Morey
Editor in Chief: Christopher Twarowski
Managing Editor: Rashed Mian

BackBeat: Introducing News Beat

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Consider this: Alan Newton served more than 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit before DNA analysis proved him innocent and he was exonerated. Now, had this occurred in Alabama, he would have received $50,000 for every year of wrongful imprisonment. Instead, Newton was convicted in the state of New York, where exonerees receive nothing, and are instead forced to sue the government for compensation. Eighteen states do not even have compensation laws, and those that do vary in exactly what the restitution is. On this episode, we dissect the disparity in exoneration compensation laws and how even seemingly liberal states such as New York have mandates on the books many consider woefully inadequate.

Exonerated And Broke: How the wrongfully convicted are forced to fight for compensation

In an era in which Islamic terror is covered wall-to-wall, it is actually right-wing zealots that have carried out even more attacks in the United States since 9/11.

News Beat is an MP Studios production, a division of Morey Publishing: www.MoreyPublishing.com

News Beat is produced and engineered by Michael “Manny Faces” Conforti: www.MannyFaces.com

News Beat Executive Producer is Jed Morey

Editor in Chief: Christopher Twarowski

Managing Editor: Rashed Mian

Cover Art Design: Jeff Main

Radical Caucasian Extremism

Dr. King once said: “A riot is the language of the unheard.” Indeed, nowadays, a riot is often the language of the continually oppressed, unheard citizens who are still not afforded the same general rights as their white counterparts, and when protesting these injustices—all too often with the backdrop of a member of their community unjustifiably slain by a police officer—they are met with over-militarized force as an ever-presiding reminder of why they are having to protest in the first place.

News Beat is an MP Studios production, a division of Morey Creative Studios: www.moreycreative.com

News Beat is produced and engineered by Michael “Manny Faces” Conforti: www.MannyFaces.com

News Beat Executive Producer is Jed Morey

Editor in Chief: Christopher Twarowski

Managing Editor: Rashed Mian

Cover Art Design: Jeff Main

News Beat

Why We Riot

The United States’ press freedom ranking fell for the second consecutive year, marking a disturbing trend for a nation that purports to be the beacon of human rights. This special web exclusive is a follow-up to a recent episode we released documenting attacks on the press in the United States. 

Our guest for this episode is Margaux Ewen, Reporters Without Borders' North American director.

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Press Freedoms Under Attack in U.S. and Around the World

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