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(Airs 03/21/25 & 03/23/25 @ 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 WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Barbara, and Ian talk about what the White House Press Corps needs, the difficulty of reporting on what’s going with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, why local and regional reporting is so important, and much more.

(Airs 02/14/25 & 02/16/25 @ 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, Daily Gazette Editor Miles Reed, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Miles, and Ian talk about how the media might respond to the flood of information from the White House, how the media should be handling falsehoods, whether Saturday Night Live engages in truth-telling, and much more.

(Airs 12/13/24 & 12/15/24 @ 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, 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 possibility of an AI powered bias meter in the newsroom, the line between glorifying a shooter and creating copycats, and much more.

(Airs 11/29/24 & 12/01/24 @ 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, Daily Gazette Editor Miles Reed, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, Miles, and Ian talk about what they’re thankful for when it comes to journalists and journalism, what treatment the media, how journalists should cover a second Trump Administration, and much more.

(Airs 11/15/24 & 11/17/24 @ 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 Vice President for Editorial Development for the New York Press Association, former Times Union Associate Editor Mike Spain, WAMC News Director Ian Pickus and David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany. On this week’s Media Project, Judy, Mike, Ian and David talk about press coverage of President-elect Trump’s Cabinet nominations from New York, and what treatment the media and journalists can expect from a second Trump Administration, and more.

It's all over but (in some places) the counting. Here to talk about the results of the big national and regional races are David Lombardo and Ian Pickus. Ray Graf hosts.

Voters are heading to the polls to decide what some are labeling the most important presidential race in our lifetimes. There are a host of other races worth talking about, too. So let's do that! Ray Graf and Ian Pickus take your calls.

(Airs 10/11/24 @ 3 p.m. & 10/13/24 @ 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, Barbara Lombardo, Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany and former Editor of the Saratogian, WAMC News Director Ian Pickus, 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, Ian and David talk about whether people recognize the difference between for profit and non-profit journalism, how we're covering the disinformation about hurricane Helen and Milton, Chris Wallace leaving Fox for CNN, and much more.

(Airs 09/27/24 @ 3 p.m. & 09/29/24 @ 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 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, WAMC News Director Ian Pickus, 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, Ian and David talk about how the media are preparing for election night coverage, conflicts of interests for journalists, a high burnout rate in the media, and much more.

(Airs 09/06/24 @ 3 p.m. & 09/08/24 @ 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, David Guistina, Media Project Producer, Morning Edition Anchor, and Adjunct Professor at the University at Albany, and WAMC News Director Ian Pickus. On this week’s Media Project, Rex, Judy, David and Ian talk about more and more people using Tik Tok to get political news, whether X is the new yellow journalism, the challenges of interviewing politicians, and much more.