Shahrzad Shams

Shahrzad Shams is the deputy director of democratic institutions at the Roosevelt Institute and Roosevelt Forward.

Trump surrounded by media in the oval office.

A New Roosevelt Institute Report Confronts the Roots of Our Media Crisis—and Calls for Breaking Up Corporate Media A New Roosevelt Institute Report Confronts the Roots of Our Media Crisis—and Calls for Breaking Up Corporate Media

Today’s journalism crisis wasn’t inevitable, but it’s time to free journalism from the straitjacket of turning a democratic obligation into a profit-maximizing business model.

Dec 5, 2025 / Bilal Baydoun, Shahrzad Shams, and Victor Pickard

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