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Malkia Cyril at NCMR 2011

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Posted by Films For Action on Apr. 12, 2011

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Executive Director of the Center for Media Justice Malkia Cyril spoke at the National Conference for Media Reform in Boston on April 8, 2011. The conference was presented by Free Press. For more information, go to conference.freepress.net.

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