(Airs 06/21/24 @ 3 p.m. & 06/23/24 @ 6 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, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and Media Project Producer David Guistina. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and David talk about people turning away from the news, whether newspaper paywalls reduce the spread of journalism, and much more.

(Airs 06/16/24 @ 6 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, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and Media Project Producer David Guistina. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and David talk about whether there’s trouble on the horizon for public broadcasting, media coverage of the Hunter Biden trial, and much more.

(Airs 06/07/24 @ 3 p.m. & 06/09/24 @ 6 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, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and Ira talk what’s going on at the Washington Post, sports journalism and the WNBA, and much more.

(Airs 05/31/24 @ 3 p.m. & 06/02/24 @ 6 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, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian, and former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Mike and Barbara talk about public records, legislation updating the Freedom of Information Law in New York, how Fox is biasing the news from the Trump trial, and much more.

(Airs 05/24/24 @ 3 p.m. & 05/26/24 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Barbara, Ira and Ian talk about the problems facing public media, the use of A-I to report local news, and much more.

(Airs 05/17/24 @ 3 p.m. & 05/19/24 @ 6 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with Upstate American, Substack columnist and former Editor of the Albany Times Union, Rex Smith, Judy Patrick, Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and former Editor of The Daily Gazette, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and Daily Gazette News Columnist Andrew Waite. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Andrew talk about whether the press can be neutral when covering threats to democracy, local ownership of the media and its impact, and much more.

(Airs 05/10/24 @ 3 p.m. & 05/12/24 @ 6 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, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Ira talk about Americans changing relationship with local news, the newly awarded Pulitzer Prizes, ethics in sports journalism, and much more.

(Airs 05/03/24 @ 3 p.m. & 05/05/24 @ 6 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, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, WAMC News Director Ian Pickus, and Media Project Producer David Guistina. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Ian and David talk about coverage of the campus protests and House Speaker Mike Johnson’s visit to Columbia University, when physical barriers get in the way of the news, and much more.

(Airs 04/26/24 @ 3 p.m. & 04/28/24 @ 6 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, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Ira talk about coverage of the campus protests over the Israel/ Palestine/Hamas war, whether there should be cameras in the courtroom at Trump’s hush money trial, and much more.

(Airs 04/19/24 @ 3 p.m. & 04/20/24 @ 6 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, Judy Patrick, former Editor of the Daily Gazette and Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, 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, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Ian talk about the Trump hush money trial and whether a judge can tell journalists what to print, the right wing revolt and calls for defunding NPR after a senior editor tell-all, and much more.