You don’t need a journalism degree or advanced understanding of broadcasting sciences to see that U.S. news media are on the ropes. From your favorite cable news channel to that big city daily to that small-town weekly, American news is plagued by a crisis of trust.

Nobody understands how far the fourth column has fallen better than Fair Media Council CEO and Executive Director Jaci Clement, who cut her teeth as a speechwriter, steamrolled through an impressive Long Island journalism career and now heads a fearless watchdog group dedicated to improving media accountability and promoting journalistic integrity, publicly and proudly.

The scholar, award-winning podcast host and prototype ink-stained scribe joins Spark Host Gregory Zeller to recall her interviews with reporting royalty, trumpet the FMC’s Folio Awards and recall her adventures working alongside late, great Innovate Long Island founder John Kominicki – one of her favorite professional influences.