Mark Jacob
We Don’t Want to Talk about Ron Johnson All the Time But… Part 2 (Sept 2 – Hour 2)
Guests: Brett Pransky, Mark Jacob
We talk to Brett Pransky from The Keystone about Pennsylvania’s wild races for governor and US Senate. We hear Minnesota’s GOP candidates for governor and lieutenant governor get called out by a conservative radio host. And Mark Jacob helps us react to Ron Johnson’s answer to the labor shortage: “coax” the elderly out of retirement with “a few extra bucks.”
Blank Space Is Better Than Printing Lies. Guest: Mark Jacob (Aug 26 – hour 2)
Guest: Mark Jacob
Media critic Mark Jacob reviews this week’s news and how it was covered. And sometimes, not covering something should be the better option.
Hour 2 – Making Newsrooms Better – The Climate Proposals in the Inflation Reduction Act
Guests: Mark Jacob, Melissa Scanlan
Prof. Melissa Scanlan of the UWM School of Freshwater Sciences talks about the climate provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act—from the global level down to the household pocketbook. Mark Jacob, former editor of the Chicago Tribune, talks about how newsrooms can and should be better at protecting democracy.
