About



Fresnel Media©

In 280 B.C. by the crude light of an open flame the lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, guided ships into its harbor. Mariners would wait almost 2,000 years before a visionary was born who saw light differently and understood how to create a more powerful beacon. Augustin-Jean Fresnel (fra-nel‘) discovered that by combining prisms and mirrors he could capture, intensify and project a beam of light an unprecedented distance of 20 miles. The invention of the Fresnel lens in 1822 was a breakthrough in man’s ability to harness the power of light.

Nearly 200 years later Fresnel Media© uses a different type of lens to reflect a different kind of light and project it to a different kind of searcher. Fresnel Media is an international multi-media news organization and production company passionate about reporting “the news that moves the world”.©

David O. McKay once said: “Great men have the ability to see clearly into the heart of things. They discern truth. They think independently. They act nobly. They influence strong men to follow them. Small men sneer at them, ridicule them, persecute them, but the critics die and are forgotten, and the great man lives on forever. Throughout all ages truth has been first perceived by a few heroic leaders who, in defense of it, frequently sacrificed their lives. To the clear perception and the courage of these intrepid leaders of men is due the progress of mankind. At some time or other, they have had to make a choice whether to deny, modify, or defend truth—a choice between personal ease and preferment, or ostracism, punishment, or even death…All men who have moved the world have been men who will stand true to their conscience.”

The Fresnel Media team strives to attain this ideal and combat ignorance through the uncensored transmission of differing points of view to:

· Seek Knowledge to foster Understanding and empower Action.

· Reflect accurate information to distances not yet breeched by the existing news outlets.

· Produce universally accessible raw international news snapshots, in-depth reports, film clips, and sound bites available in television, radio and online formats.

· Make international news more relevant and available to audiences around the world by pioneering new media technology to improve in-depth international reporting and make it obtainable on demand.

· Celebrate our diverse world and multiculturalism by not futilely striving for objectivity or the definition of a universal code of reporting ethics, but rather transmitting uncensored information to viewers with complete confidence in their ability to think through issues, determine for them what is true, and be empowered to act accordingly.

· Support the continuance of free, uncensored press throughout the world as the vital watchdogs of governments, people, organizations and corporations and as an unalienable right of all self-governing people. In the words of Potter Stewart: “Censorship reflects a society’s lack of confidence in itself.”

· Mentor up-and-coming promising journalists who will carry the Fresnel Media torch and meet the future challenges of news reporting with courage and conviction.