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(Airs 08/27/26 @ 3 p.m. & 08/29/26 @ 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, Miles Reed, Senior Editor of The Gazette News Group, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian, and David Lombardo, host of The Capitol Pressroom on WCNY. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Barbara, Miles and David talk about the opinion writer who fought the newsroom and won, saving local news with A-I, the ethical issues involving politicians and journalists playing together, and much more.

(Airs 08/27/26 @ 3 p.m. & 08/29/26 @ 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, Miles Reed, Senior Editor of The Gazette News Group, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of The Saratogian, and David Lombardo, host of The Capitol Pressroom on WCNY. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Barbara, Miles and David talk about the opinion writer who fought the newsroom and won, saving local news with A-I, the ethical issues involving politicians and journalists playing together, and much more.

(Airs 02/06/26 @ 3 p.m. & 02/08/26 @ 6 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 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, 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 major layoffs at The Washington Post, President Trump attacking CNN’s Kaitlin Collins, Fox News journalists fawning over The First Lady’s documentary, and much more.

Host Randy Cohen will speak with Jonathan Capehart, a member of The Washington Post editorial board, commentator on The PBS NewsHour, anchor of The Weekend on MSNBC, and author of Yet Here I Am. Capehart seems liberal in his politics, conservative in his dress. “Absolutely. I love a good wild outfit, on someone else," he says.

(Airs 03/14/25 & 03/16/25 @ 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 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 the difficulty of covering news under the Trump Administration, Jeff Bezos and what’s happening at the Washington Post, the threat to libel law, and much more.

(Airs 03/07/25 & 03/09/25 @ 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, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, Daily Gazette Editor Miles Reed and David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Barbara, Miles and David talk about the increasing need for public media, the challenge of covering the local angles of the Doge cuts, what’s happening at the Washington Post, and much more.

(Airs 01/10/25 & 01/12/25 @ 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 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 David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and David talk about the threat to public media on the horizon, the Washington Post cartoonist who quit after her cartoon was killed, Meta deciding it will no longer provide fact-checking, and much more.

(Airs 11/01/24 & 11/03/24 @ 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 David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and David talk about the Washington Post and other newspapers deciding not to make an endorsement in the presidential race, how the media covers racist and other inappropriate language in a Presidential campaign, and much more.

(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 06/07/24 @ 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.