James Tracy is associate professor of media studies, teaching classes that highlight the intersections of media, social theory, and institutional power. His research includes analysis of alternative news media and representation of labor-management conflict in the US press. Tracy is presently working on a historical project addressing the struggle between newspaper production workers and chain publishers in post-World War Two North America. His work has appeared in numerous scholarly venues, including Journalism & Communication Monographs, Journalism Studies, Canadian Journal of Communication, and European Journal of Communication. Tracy is also managing editor of Union for Democratic Communication's flagship journal, Democratic Communiqué. http://udc.igc.org/communique/index.html