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After a “New York Times” article painting the city as struggling, Albany’s mayoral candidates say they're ready to roll up their sleeves to work for change.

(Airs 08/16/24 @ 3 p.m. & 08/18/24 @ 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 about the loss of all news radio station WCBS 880 AM in New York City, the decision by The New York Times to stop endorsing candidates in New York, the journalistic rules for reporting hacked, leaked and/or stolen material, and much more.

The Albany Community Police Review Board met Friday in a special session.

Writer David Leonhardt of “The Morning” newsletter for “The New York Times” and author of “Ours Was the Shining Future” admires A. Philip Randolph, who personified this idea: “Collective action around labor and workers is the most powerful vehicle for changing this country.”

“New York Times” book critic Dwight Garner has many accomplishments: “Learning how to eat chicken feet and love them is one thing I’m really proud of.” The author of “The Upstairs Deli” expands our capacity for joy — in reading, in eating, in life.

Music journalist Will Hermes is a regular contributor to NPR, The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and Pitchfork. He’s the author of the upcoming “Lou Reed: The King of New York” which is scheduled to be published by FSG this fall. Hermes recently spent time exploring the music scene in Ireland and an article he’s written about what he heard and learned on the Emerald Isle will be published in The New York Times this weekend.

Reporter Matt Richtel discusses his series 'The Inner Pandemic,' as well as his latest book.

A new poll finds Americans increasingly worried about free speech rights.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses President Trump's recent verbal attacks on the press, including a Twitter post where he referred to the New York Times…

The New York Times Is taking a look at their history of politics and the stories they have covered over 167 years. They do so in the new book, "The New…