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While Indymedia helped pioneer independent media in the forms we know today, Pacifica Radio was a pioneer of publicly funded radio at a time when that model was unheard of. Out of Pacifica came many innovative ways to make media, including Free Speech Radio News, a collective of independent reporters from around the world that puts together a daily 30 minute news broadcast airing on this station and many dozens of other stations around the US. As is the case with so many non-profit entities, FSRN is today facing a crisis that threatens its very existence, and currently only has enough funds to operate through the end of this month. I spoke yesterday with Nathan Moore, the General Administrator of FSRN about how things got to this point, what FSRN fans can do, and what lies in the future.

Find out more at www.fsrn.org/crisis.