Andrea Levin
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Andrea Levin is director of the Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA), a pro-Israel nonprofit, tax-exempt organization based in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...

. The New York Times has described CAMERA as a "muscular pro-Zionist media monitor." Levin was born in the mid-1940s in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...

, grew up as an "Army brat", once taught English in the Philadelphia public schools, and later worked at the Kennedy School of Government as an associate editor of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management.

Involvement at CAMERA

Levin's involvement in CAMERA began in 1988 when she wrote an article for the Boston-area weekly The Tab critical of the Boston Globes coverage of the first intifada
First Intifada
The First Intifada was a Palestinian uprising against the Israeli occupation of the Palestinian Territories. The uprising began in the Jabalia refugee camp and quickly spread throughout Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem....

. In an interview in 2003, she told the Globe, "I was not very acquainted with the established Jewish community," but began receiving calls after her piece was published.

Levin, a former associate editor of the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, has been quoted on the issue of media bias
Media bias
Media bias refers to the bias of journalists and news producers within the mass media in the selection of events and stories that are reported and how they are covered. The term "media bias" implies a pervasive or widespread bias contravening the standards of journalism, rather than the...

 in various sources.

Levin told an interviewer, "I think pro-Israeli media watching has an importance beyond the cause of Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

. Efforts that induce better adherence to ethical journalism in one subject area are positive generally in helping to strengthen American democracy, especially, again, as there are no enforceable codes of professional conduct in the media."

Publications

Bearing False Witness: Jimmy Carter's "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid" by Andrea Levin, Alex Safian
Alex Safian
Alex Safian is associate director of CAMERA .Safian is a graduate of Columbia University with a Ph.D. from Harvard University.-References:...

, and Gilead Ini

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