The Media Project

WAMC's Alan Chartock, Albany Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and Daily Freeman publisher Ira Fusfeld discuss The Newsroom, charging extra for the crossword, plagiarism claims at the New Yorker, the death of a Hearst, and more.

(Airs: 6/24 & 6/25) WAMC's Alan Chartock,  Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and Daily Gazette Editor Judy Patrick your letters, mistakes in the media, the slot desk, and much more.

(Airs: 6/17 & 6/18) WAMC's Alan Chartock,  Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld and SUNY Albany Professor and Investigative Journalist Rosemary Armao discuss layoffs and consolidation at newspapers, Scandinavian public media fight for their right to grow, your letters and other issues confronting the media.

(Airs: 6/10 & 6/11) WAMC's Alan Chartock,  Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld discuss, your letters and other issues confronting the media.

(Airs: 6/03/12) WAMC's Alan Chartock,  Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain, and Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld discuss the role of an Associate Editor, Rupert Murdoch and whether the scandal will come to America, your letters and much more.

(Airs: 5/27/12 & 5/28/12) WAMC's Alan Chartock,  Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld discuss whether a newspaper and it's website are all one thing, two New York Legislators introduce a bill to crack down on anonymous online posts, why wealthy people are investing in newspapers again, and much more.  

(Airs: 5/20/12 & 5/21/12) WAMC's Alan Chartock,  Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld discuss editorial board meetings, covering religion, your letters and much more.

(Airs: 5/13/12 & 5/14/12) WAMC's Alan Chartock,  Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and SUNY Professor and Investigative Journalist Rosemary Armao discuss journalists putting their lives on the line in Mexico, whether newspaper design increases readership, the AP holding the story on an Al Qaeda plot, and much more.

(Airs: 5/06/12 & 5/07/12) WAMC's Alan Chartock,  Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and SUNY Professor and Investigative Journalist Rosemary Armao discuss whether robots can write the news, why there are few copy editors are left, why so many people get no news at all, and much more.

(Airs: 4/29/12 & 4/30/12) WAMC's Alan Chartock,  Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and SUNY Professor and Investigative Journalist Rosemary Armao discuss Governor Cuomo and the press coverage of a possible 2016 presidential run, your letters and a whole lot more.

(Airs: 4/22/12 & 4/23/12) WAMC's Alan Chartock,  Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld, and Times Union Editor Rex Smith discuss Governor Cuomo keeping a dossier on a capitol reporter, an update on the Pulitzer prize awards, your letters and much more.

(Airs: 4/15/12 & 4/16/12) WAMC's Alan Chartock,  Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld, and Investigative Journalist Rosemary Armao discuss whether the controversy on Twitter, your letters about vocal fry, and much more.

(Airs: 4/08/12 & 4/09/12) WAMC's Alan Chartock, Albany Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld discuss whether underage drinkers should have their name published in the paper, a letter about “vocal fry”, Mitt Romney missing the ‘presence of editors’ in online news, and much more.

(Airs: 3/25/12 & 3/26/12) WAMC's Alan Chartock, Albany Times Union Editor Rex Smith, and Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld discuss a Newt Gingrich and the ‘elite’ media, journalism in Ireland, you’re letters and much more.