U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement

(Airs 01/30/26 @ 3 p.m. & 02/01/26 @ 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 the future of CBS news, tips for journalists covering ICE action and protests in Minnesota, a new newspaper in California called The California Post, and much more.

(Airs 01/16/26 @ 3 p.m. & 01/18/26 @ 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 the FBI raiding a Washington Post journalist’s home, when interviewing the President doesn’t reveal much news, and much more.

A federal building in Williston, Vermont, was vandalized over the weekend

Activists and residents from across western Massachusetts filled Downtown Springfield on Labor Day - rallying on behalf of a man described as a father and local farm worker, whom advocates say was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Legislation to ban the use of masks by ICE agents is being pushed by a multi-state coalition of state legislators including New York's own Senator Pat Fahy.

People rallied outside the federal building in Burlington Monday as a judge heard arguments whether an 18-year-old detainee should be released from custody.

Great Barrington selectboard member and Triplex Cinema Creative Director Ben Elliott.

Berkshire County immigration activists are still taking stock after more than a dozen residents were taken away by federal agents during U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids last month.

In the wake of eight Vermont farmworkers being detained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Monday, Governor Phil Scott faced numerous questions during his weekly briefing today about migrant workers and federal actions.

Vermont Governor Phil Scott’s weekly briefing today focused on the state legislature’s lack of progress on his priorities. The Republican was also bombarded with questions about the state’s role in ICE detentions.