Abby Martin

Abigail Suzanne Martin (born September 6, 1984) is an American journalist, TV presenter, and activist. She helped found the citizen journalism website Media Roots and serves on the board of directors for the Media Freedom Foundation which manages Project Censored. Martin appeared in the documentary film Project Censored The Movie: Ending the Reign of Junk Food News (2013), and co-directed 99%: The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (2013).

This article is about the journalist. For other people with the name, see Abby Martin (disambiguation).

Abby Martin
Martin in 2012
Born
Abigail Suzanne Martin

(1984-09-06) September 6, 1984
Oakland, California, U.S.
EducationAmador Valley High School
Alma materSan Diego State University (BA)
Occupations
  • Journalist
  • activist
  • artist
  • director
  • author
Known for
  • Media Roots
  • Breaking The Set (RT America)
  • Project Censored
  • The Empire Files (Telesur English)
  • News Beat (AMBS-TV)
SpouseMike Prysner
Children2

She hosted Breaking the Set on the Russian state-funded network RT America from 2012 to 2015, and then launched The Empire Files in that same year as an investigative documentary and interview series on Telesur, later released as a web series. In 2019, she released the film documentary, The Empire Files: Gaza Fights for Freedom.

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