The Media Project

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The Media Project
Genre	Politics, Journalism
Running time	25 minutes
Country	United States
Home station	WAMC
Starring	Alan Chartock Rex Smith Elisa Streeter Ira Fusfeld
Creators	Alan Chartock
Executive producers	Alan Chartock
Air dates	to
Opening theme	"Newspaper Men" (Pete Seeger)
Ending theme	"Newspaper Men"
Website http://www.wamc.org/media.html
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The Media Project is a weekly radio program that provides an inside look at media coverage of current events. Panelists on the discussion-based show include Times Union Editor Rex Smith, WAMC CEO Alan S. Chartock, WTEN TV Anchor Elisa Streeter, and Daily Freeman Publisher Ira Fusfeld. The half-hour program is recorded at WAMC's studios in Albany, New York and distributed by National Productions. During the show, the panelists engage in spirited debate on timely media issues. Print, television, radio, and internet media are covered. In addition, mail from listeners is sometimes read and discussed. The theme song of The Media Project is "Newspaper Men" by Pete Seeger.

Produced and distributed by WAMC's National Productions, The Media Project airs on WAMC on Sunday at 6:00 PM and on Monday at 3:00 PM, and on several other stations throughout the United states.

1 Panelists
- 1.1 Current
- 1.2 Former
2 External links

[edit] Panelists

Three panelists appear on each show. Chartock and Smith are on nearly every week, but Fusfeld and Streeter can be heard on a rotational basis. Chartock served as host of the program in its early years, but that duty was eventually taken up by Smith.

[edit] Current

Alan S. Chartock: President and CEO of WAMC (Northeast Public Radio), Publisher of the Legislative Gazette, and Professor Emeritus at the University at Albany.
Ira Fusfeld: Publisher of the Daily Freeman.
Rex Smith: Editor of the Times Union.
Elisa Streeter: Anchor at WTEN.