60 Minutes

(Airs 09/18/26 @ 3 p.m. & 09/20/26 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and David Lombardo, host of the Capitol Pressroom on WCNY. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and David talk about the debut of the new 60 Minutes program on CBS, the one-minute fox news coverage on the Russian financing part of Donald Trump, Jr.’s wedding, bias in story choice, and more.

(Airs 09/18/26 @ 3 p.m. & 09/20/26 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and David Lombardo, host of the Capitol Pressroom on WCNY. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and David talk about the debut of the new 60 Minutes program on CBS, the one-minute fox news coverage on the Russian financing part of Donald Trump, Jr.’s wedding, bias in story choice, and more.

(Airs 07/31/26 @ 3 p.m. & 08/02/26 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Barbara talk the new cast of 60 Minutes, an analysis of the White House Correspondents dinner, and much more.

(Airs 07/31/26 @ 3 p.m. & 08/02/26 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Barbara talk the new cast of 60 Minutes, an analysis of the White House Correspondents dinner, and much more.

(Airs 06/12/26 @ 3 p.m. & 06/14/26 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Barbara talk about Scott Pelley’s comments about being fired from 60 Minutes and CBS News, President Trump walking out of the Meet the Press interview with Kristen Welker, and searching for news versus passively receiving it, and more.

(Airs 06/12/26 @ 3 p.m. & 06/14/26 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Barbara talk about Scott Pelley’s comments about being fired from 60 Minutes and CBS News, President Trump walking out of the Meet the Press interview with Kristen Welker, and searching for news versus passively receiving it, and more.

(Airs 06/05/26 @ 3 p.m. & 06/07/26 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Barbara talk about Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes and CBS News, the FCC fight the Trump administration is waging, the increase in public officials refusing to talk with journalists, and more.

(Airs 06/05/26 @ 3 p.m. & 06/07/26 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, and Barbara talk about Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes and CBS News, the FCC fight the Trump administration is waging, the increase in public officials refusing to talk with journalists, and more.

(Airs 11/07/25 @ 3 p.m. & 11/09/25 @ 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 former Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, and Barbara Lombardo, former Editor of the Saratogian and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Barbara and David talk about coverage of Zohran Mamdami in the New York City Mayoral race, new restrictions for the White House Press Core limiting access to the West Wing, the 60 Minutes interview with President Trump, and more.

(Airs 05/30/25 @ 3 p.m. & 06/01/25 @ 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, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara and Ian talk about the pressure on student reporters, the commencement speech by 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley, and much more.