The Media Project

The Media Project

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The Media Project episodes

  • #1635: Consuming the news | The Media Project

    The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock; former Times Union Editor and current Substack columnist Rex Smith; Adjunct Professor at RPI and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao; and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project: Alan, Rosemary, Barbara and Rex talk about how Americans are consuming the news; why some for profit media organizations are turning non-profit, and much more. https://www.wamc.org/show/the-media-project/2022-10-02/the-media-project-1635-alan-rosemary-barbara-rex

    28 min
  • #1634: Appropriate coverage | The Media Project

    The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock; former Times Union Editor and current Substack columnist Rex Smith; Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association; and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project: Alan, Barbara Ian, and JP talk about whether the amount of Trump coverage is appropriate, and reporting on immigration and climate change. https://www.wamc.org/show/the-media-project/2022-09-25/the-media-project-1634-alan-judy-rex-ira

    28 min
  • #1633: Covering the famous | The Media Project

    The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany, WAMC’s News Director Ian Pickus, and the Empire Report’s JP Miller. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Barbara Ian, and JP talk about how to report on a famous person; whether reporters should withhold information for their books; what goes wrong on Tik Tok and the media, and much more.

    28 min
  • #1632: Threats to journalists | The Media Project

    The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock; Adjunct Professor at RPI and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao; Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld; and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project: Alan, Rosemary, Barbara and Ira talk about threats to journalists; slap suits against the media; whether CNN is turning to the right; and much more.

    28 min
  • #1631: Defamation and Fox News | The Media Project

    The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, former Times Union Editor and current Substack columnist Rex Smith, Adjunct Professor at RPI and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Rosemary and Ira talk about a major case of defamation against Fox news; why using polls are a bad way to practice journalism; and sexism in the Canadian broadcast media, and much more.

    28 min
  • #1630: Republican media restrictions | The Media Project

    The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, former Times Union Editor and current Substack columnist Rex Smith, Adjunct Professor at RPI and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Rosemary and Ira talk about how the media can respond to Republican media restrictions, whether Facebook and Google should pay newspapers for using their content, and much more.

    30 min
  • #1629: Factors diminishing faith in local news outlets | The Media Project

    The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor and current Substack columnist Rex Smith and WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock. This week the pair were joined by Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Adjunct Professor at RPI and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao. Our panel discusses the not-so-hidden costs of paid obituaries; how “pink slime” journalism diminishes faith in local news outlets; and the restrictions imposed on media at a Republican rally in Florida.

    31 min
  • #1628: Media coverage of Trump's Raid | The Media Project

    The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, former Times Union Editor and current Substack columnist Rex Smith, Adjunct Professor at RPI and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Rosemary and Ira talk about the media coverage of the FBI raid of former President Trump’s Florida estate, why the New York Times prospers while Gannett struggles, and much more.

    30 min
  • #1627: Russia and the press | The Media Project

    The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Adjunct Professor at RPI and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Judy, Rosemary and Barbara talk about how Russia treats the press, whether the media covering abortion in the U.S. is fair and much more. https://www.wamc.org/show/the-media-project/2022-08-14/the-media-project-1627-alan-judy-rosemary-barbara

    28 min
  • #1626: Climate legislation and passes to Republicans | The Media Project

    The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, former Times Union Editor and current Substack columnist Rex Smith, Adjunct Professor at RPI and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rosemary, Ira and Rex talk about the climate legislation and whether the media are giving Republicans a pass, the language police and the impact on journalism, and much more. https://www.wamc.org/show/the-media-project/2022-07-31/the-media-project-1626-alan-rosemary-ira-rex

    30 min

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