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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 Upstate American, 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, Rex, Judy and Ira talk about whether the media is giving former President Trump too much coverage; and the latest on the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against Fox.

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 Upstate American, 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 Rosemary Armao; Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany. On this week’s Media Project: Alan, Rex, Judy and Rosemary talk about Sunshine Week and journalists constant battle to get government to release public information, and an Axios reporter who was fired for calling a press release from Florida Governor DeSantis’ office propaganda, and much more.

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 Upstate American 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, Rex, Judy and Ira talk about the latest on the Dominion lawsuit against Fox News, 2024 campaign coverage, and whether the headlines about the dangers of traveling to Mexico are overblown.

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 Upstate American Substack columnist Rex Smith; Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany; 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, Rex, and Barbara talk about the legal case against Fox news, whether reporters should put themselves in danger, and much more. https://www.wamc.org/show/the-media-project/2023-03-05/the-media-project-1657-alan-rosemary-barbara-rex

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 Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rosemary, Rex, and Ira talk about the scandal involving Fox news; CNN’s Don Lemon being temporarily benched for on-air sexist comments; and much more. https://www.wamc.org/show/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 Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany, and Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Barbara and Judy talk about how digital platforms have upended the news, the value of sports coverage, and much more. https://www.wamc.org/show/the-media-project/2023-02-19/the-media-project-1655

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 Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Ira and Judy talk about coverage of the Chinese spy balloon, President Biden’s State of the Union Address, newsrooms moving beyond objectivity, and much more.

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 Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, former Associate Editor of the Times Union Mike Spain, and Barbara Lombardo is the former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Barbara, Rex, and Mike talk about how to sustain local news in communities where it is difficult, media coverage of the arrest footage of Tyre Nichols, and much more. https://www.wamc.org/show/the-media-project/2023-02-05/the-media-project-1653-alan-barbara-rex-mike

The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock and former Times Union Editor and current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith. This week's panel includes Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, And Barbara Lombardo is the former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Judy and Barbara talk about the journalism coalition trying to save local news, a decision by some cable companies to remove Newsmax, Facebook allowing former President Trump back on the platform, and much more.

The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock and former Times Union Editor and current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith. This week's panel features Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany, and Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Rosemary and Judy talk about whether there should be a comedian on CNN prime time; coverage of the Biden classified documents case; and how to spell turkey.

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 Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Rosemary and Ira talk about how to cover homelessness, whether journalist’s prey on people to get information, the Wall Street Journal reporter handcuffed by police, and much more. https://www.wamc.org/show/the-media-project/2023-01-15/the-media-project-1650-alan-rex-rosemary-ira

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 Upstate American, 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 Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy and Rosemary talk about George Santos and the importance of small, community newspapers, how the media covered the collapse of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin, whether there was too much press coverage of the death of pioneering broadcast journalist Barbara Walters, and more.

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 Upstate American, 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 Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy and Rosemary talk about whether increasing media consolidation is a good thing, harassment facing journalists, the loss of newspapers in rural areas, and much more.

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 Upstate American, 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 Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Judy, Barbara and Rex talk about whether journalists should have discovered that New York Republican Congressman Santos resume contained falsehoods, heroes in journalism, the mis-informer of the year, and much more.

The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, and former Times Union Editor and current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith. This week's panel includes 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. This week the panel discusses what’s happening at Twitter, and possibly journalism, under the leadership of Elon Musk, the peril journalists face around the world, a new female editor at the Wall Street Journal, and more.

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 Upstate American, 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 Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Judy, Barbara and Rex talk about the 24-hour strike at the New York Times, newspapers being delivered by mail, about the Twitter files, and much more.

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, Ira, Judy and Rex talk about whether President Biden should be holding more press conferences, layoffs and hiring freezes in the media and what that means, a survey of your favorite journalism movies, and much more.

 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 former Associate Editor of the Times Union, Mike Spain. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Judy, Mike and Rex talk about layoffs spiking in the media and what that means, whether there’s still a path for young people who want to be journalists, who will pay for their work, and much more.

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, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Barbara and Ira talk about how the media covered former President Donald Trump’s announcement he’ll run for President again, whether non-profit newsrooms are filling the gap, journalism education, and much more.

 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 Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rosemary, Judy and Rex talk about how the media covered the midterm election results, the future of Twitter under Elon Musk, whether TV journalists are the politicians of the future, and much more.