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(Airs 09/24/23 @ 6 p.m. & 09/25/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Rosemary, and Ian talk about Rupert Murdoch stepping down from Fox, Donald Trump on Meet The Press, sports writing and how major college programs have their way with the media, and much more.

(Airs 09/17/23 @ 6 p.m. & 09/18/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor, current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Rosemary, Ira, and Ian talk about being truthful not neutral, Gannett looking for a Taylor Swift reporter, whether high school student reports can do for sports what AI can’t, and more.

(Airs 08/27/23 @ 6 p.m. & 08/28/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Mike, Rosemary, and Ian talk about covering people who are vulnerable, whether former President Donald Trump’s trials should be televised, and more.

(Airs 08/06/23 @ 6 p.m. & 08/07/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with 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, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at UAlbany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Rosemary, Rex and Ian talk about why so many people are now choosing to avoid the news, coverage of the latest indictment of former President Donald Trump, and more.

(Airs 07/30/23 @ 6 p.m. & 07/31/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with Judy Patrick, former Editor of The Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at UAlbany, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Rosemary, Barbara and Ian talk about Twitter changing its name to X, when newspapers put ads on the front page, how the Barbie movie portrays journalism, and much more.

(Airs 07/09/23 @ 6 p.m. & 07/10/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with former Times Union Editor and current Upstate American, Substack columnist Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rosemary, Rex and Ian talk about how to cover the Supreme Court better, the potential impact of the new media platform Threads, the death of a 300 year old newspaper, and more.

(Airs 07/02/23 @ 6 p.m. & 07/03/23 @ 3 p.m.)The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus.On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Rosemary, Barbara and Ian talk about the trolling of Wall Street reporter after she dared to ask the Indian Prime Minister a question about human rights, whether or not the cable news networks dropped the ball on the Russian insurrection, and the media’s use of freelancers for staff.

(Airs 06/25/23 @ 6 p.m. & 06/26/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus.On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Rosemary, Barbara and Ian talk about ProPublica’s investigation into Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and the Wall Street Journal’s decision to publish an op-ed from Alito, artificial intelligence, the OceanGate submersible and more.

(Airs 06/18/23 @ 6 p.m. & 06/19/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with 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 WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Ian talk about coverage of the indictment of former President Donald Trump, how to cover a UFO whistleblower, and more.

(Airs 06/11/23 @ 6 p.m. & 06/12/23 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with 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, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at RPI and UAlbany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Rosemary and Ian discuss how high school sports coverage can save democracy, the downfall of the CEO of CNN, and more.