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In Mexico, 1 in 5 girls marry before they're 18 — some as young as 11. Unlike in the rest of the world, child marriage rates have barely fallen in the past 30 years.

We profiled women who were on the front lines of social change this year — from a doctor fighting Ebola in Congo amid gunfire to two forthright beauty queens.

Tennis:Novak Djokovic has his career Grand Slam. After losing the first set to second seed Andy Murray, the top-seeded Djokovic roared back to win the…

Ossoff just missed an outright win in a special election to replace now Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, and will face Republican Karen Handel in a June runoff.

Vermont voters have chosen their next U.S. House representative. In today’s Congressional Corner, Vermont Congresswoman-elect Becca Balint, a Democrat at-large, speaks with WAMC’s Alan Chartock.

(Airs 09/12/21 @ 6 p.m. & 09/13/21 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Former Times Union Editor Rex Smith, Rosemary Armao, Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rosemary, Rex, and Ira talk about media coverage of Covid-19 and the drug Ivermectin, and much more.

(Airs 09/18/22 @ 6 p.m. & 09/19/22 @ 3 p.m.) The Media Project is an inside look at media coverage of current events with WAMC’s CEO Alan Chartock, Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and a Journalism Professor at the University at Albany, WAMC’s News Director Ian Pickus, and the Empire Report’s JP Miller. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Barbara Ian, and JP talk about how to report on a famous person, whether reporters should withhold information for their books, what goes wrong on Tick Tok and the media, and much more.

(Airs 05/01/22 @ 6 p.m. & 05/02/22 @ 3 p.m.) 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 Investigative Journalist and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, Rosemary Armao. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rex, Judy and Rosemary talk about whether journalists should attend the White House Correspondents Dinner, which resumes this year, and much more.

(Airs 11/06/22 @ 6 p.m. & 11/07/22 @ 3 p.m.) 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 Daily Freeman Publisher Emeritus Ira Fusfeld. On this week’s Media Project, Alan, Rosemary, Ira and Rex talk about how the media has covered the midterm election campaign, new journalism legislation, and much more.

Regular Food Friday guest Chef Gail Sokol is back with great ideas for your Thanksgiving baking. Call at 2pm and share a recipe or ask a question. 800-348-2551. WAMC's Ray Graf hosts.