The Media Project

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The Media Project episodes

September 22, 2019 #1477: Kavanaugh Story, No Harm Vs. Minimizing Harm And Journalism In A Free Market
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Former Editor and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao and Judy Patrick, Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association. On this week’s Media Project Alan, Rex, Judy and Rosemary talk about the botched Kavanaugh story […]
28 min
September 15, 2019 #1476: News Aggregators, Do Newspapers Model To Survive And Listing Names Of Mass Shooters
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and Judy Patrick, Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association,. On this week’s Media Project Alan, Rex, Judy and Rosemary talk about news aggregators, whether newspapers model to survive, […]
28 min
September 09, 2019 #1475: Journalists On Trump And Fox News, A Gaff And A Lie, Paying For Watchdog Journalism
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Former Editor and Investigative Journalist, Rosemary Armao, and Judy Patrick, Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association,. On this week’s Media Project Alan, Judy, Rex and Rosemary talk about Journalists who say President […]
28 min
September 03, 2019 #1474: President Trump Story Coverage, Bernie Sanders’ Journalism Plan, Media And The Opioid Crisis
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, Former Editor and Investigative Journalist, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project Alan, Rex, Rosemary and Ira talk about the hardest story to cover on President Trump: his fitness for the job, […]
28 min
August 26, 2019 #1473: Governor Cuomo Criticizes The Times Union, Journalists A Target
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, Former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Rosemary Armao, Former Editor and Investigative Journalist. On this week’s Media Project Alan, Rex, Judy and Rosemary talk […]
28 min
August 19, 2019 #1472: Jeffrey Epstein’s Death, Bernie Sanders’ Criticism And Chris Cuomo’s Reaction To Being Called Fredo
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Barbara Lombardo, Journalism Professor at the University at Albany and former Executive Editor of The Saratogian and The (Troy) Record, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld On this week’s Media Project Alan, Barbara, Rex and Ira talk about the media […]
28 min
August 11, 2019 #1471: New York Times Headline, News Reporting, Overly Defensive Journalists
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, Former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Journalism Professor at the University at Albany and former Executive Editor of The Saratogian and The (Troy) […]
28 min
August 04, 2019 #1470: Modern Journalist Tasks, Democratic Presidential Debate Moderators And Syndicated News
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Cailin Brown, Chair of the Department of Communication at the College of St. Rose, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project Alan, Rex, Cailin and Rosemary talk about how many more tasks there are for […]
28 min
July 28, 2019 #1469: Mueller Hearing, Local News Coverage Frustration and Presidential Lies
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Cailin Brown, Chair of the Department of Communication at the College of St. Rose, and Rosemary Armao, Editor and Investigative Journalist. On this week’s Media Project Alan, Rex, Cailin and Rosemary talk about coverage of the Mueller hearing, […]
28 min
July 21, 2019 #1468: President Trumps’ Tweets, Starbucks Nixing Newspaper Sells
The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock; Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld; Judy Patrick, former editor of the Daily Gazette and vice president for editorial development for the New York Press Association; and Rosemary Armao, editor and investigative journalist. On this week’s episode Alan, Ira, Judy and Rosemary discuss […]
28 min

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