Abby Martin

This article is about the journalist. For other people with the name, see Abby Martin (disambiguation).

Abby Martin
Martin in 2012
Born
Abigail Suzanne Martin

(1984-09-06) September 6, 1984 (age 40)
Oakland, California, U.S.[1]
EducationAmador Valley High School
Alma materSan Diego State University (BA)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • activist
  • artist
  • director
  • author
Known for
SpouseMike Prysner
Children2

Abigail Suzanne Martin (born September 6, 1984) is an American journalist,[2][3] TV presenter, and activist. She helped found the citizen journalism website Media Roots and serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored.[4][5] Martin appeared in the documentary film Project Censored The Movie: Ending the Reign of Junk Food News (2013),[5] and co-directed 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2013).[6]

She hosted Breaking the Set on the Russian state-funded network RT America from 2012 to 2015 and gained attention for condemning the Russian annexation of Crimea on-air, and then launched The Empire Files in that same year as an investigative documentary and interview series on Telesur, later released as a web series. In 2019, she released the film documentary The Empire Files: Gaza Fights for Freedom.

  1. ^ Nemire, Jessica (March 21, 2014), Talking with Oakland-Born RT America Anchor Abby Martin About Art and Life, SF Weekly, archived from the original on March 23, 2014, Born and raised in Pleasanton, Martin grew up ...
  2. ^ Bakir, Vian (April 17, 2018). "Chapter One-Intelligence Elites and Civil Society". Intelligence Elites and Public Accountability: Relationships of Influence with Civil Society. Routledge. ISBN 9781351388955.
  3. ^ MacLeod, Alan (April 24, 2019). "Introduction". Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent. Routledge. ISBN 9780429772627.
  4. ^ Huff, Mickey. (2012). Censored 2013: The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2011-2012. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1609804236. p. 280.
  5. ^ a b Huff, Mickey. (2013). Censored 2014: Fearless Speech in Fateful Times; The Top Censored Stories and Media Analysis of 2012-13. Seven Stories Press. ISBN 1609804953. p. 264.
  6. ^ Anderson, John. (January 22, 2013). Review: '99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film'. Variety. Retrieved January 17, 2014.