Organizations Filed Purposes:
AN INDEPENDENT, NON-PROFIT, NON-PARTISAN, PUBLIC INTEREST ORGANIZATION FOCUSING ON INVESTIGATING AND PUBLICIZING THE HIDDEN INFLUENCE OF POWERFUL SPECIAL INTERESTS ON AMERICA'S MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY, AND ITS IMPACT ON PUBLIC OPINION, PUBLIC POLICY, AND ELECTIONS.
EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON THE IMPACT OF SPECIAL INTERESTS ON PUBLIC POLICY.
THE CENTER FOR MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY (CMD) IS A NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED WATCHDOG THAT LEADS IN-DEPTH, AWARD-WINNING INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE CORRUPTION THAT UNDERMINES OUR DEMOCRACY, ENVIRONMENT, AND ECONOMIC PROSPERITY. CMD PUBLISHES EXPOSEDBYCMD, PRWATCH AND SOURCEWATCH. SOURCEWATCH PROFILES THE ACTIVITIES OF FRONT GROUPS, PR SPINNERS, INDUSTRY-FRIENDLY EXPERTS, INDUSTRY-FUNDED ORGANIZATIONS, AND THINK TANKS TRYING TO INFLUENCE PUBLIC OPINION ON BEHALF OF CORPORATIONS OR THE GOVERNMENT IN AN ENCYCLOPEDIC FORMAT THAT INCLUDES COMPILATION OF OUR ORIGINAL REPORTING. EXPOSEDBYCMD AND PRWATCH PROFILE THESE SAME TOPICS IN THE FORMAT OF DAILY ORIGINAL REPORTING INCLUDING REFERENCES TO RESEARCH COMPILED IN SOURCEWATCH ENTRIES. TOPICS COVERED ON EXPOSEDBYCMD, PRWATCH AND SOURCEWATCH IN 2019 INCLUDED ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, ECONOMIC, LABOR, EDUCATION, AND DEMOCRACY ISSUES.
Executives Listed on Filing
Total Salary includes financial earnings, benefits, and all related organization earnings listed on tax filing
| Name | Title | Hours Per Week | Total Salary |
|---|
| Eric Wittstein | DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS | 40 | $170,600 |
| Arn Pearson | EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR | 40 | $152,560 |
| Ted Nace | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Bo Yerxa | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Jan Miyasaki | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Deborah Bey | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Cosmo Harrigan | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Ellen Braune | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| David Merritt | DIRECTOR | 1 | $0 |
| Lisa Graves | PRESIDENT | 1 | $0 |
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