Since 2006, David Schimke has been the editor in chief and general manager of Utne Reader, an alternative media digest owned by Ogden Publications that sparks forward-thinking conversations about politics, pop culture, and the environment. Prior to entering the magazine world, David spent 10 years working for Village Voice Media as a staff writer, managing editor, and media columnist. His political reporting, cultural analysis, arts criticism, and feature writing was honored on three occasions by the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies and garnered a half-dozen Page One Awards from the Society of Professional Journalists. He has appeared as a guest on Nightline and National Public Radio, a panelist at the National Conference for Media Reform and the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, and is a regular commentator on Conscious Talk Radio in Seattle. David continues to report and write about the state of the media—both independent and mainstream—electoral politics, faith-based movements, and citizen activism.

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