Mark Jacob
Why Won’t Newsrooms See the Bigger Picture? (Oct 7 – Hour 2)
Former Chicago Tribune editor Mark Jacob reviews this week’s big stories and how newsrooms performed in their coverage—which often emphasized the optics or the horserace factor rather than what’s really important for their audiences to know about a particular issue.
Governors Engage in Human Trafficking. (Sept 16 – Hour 2)
Former Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times editor Mark Jacob reviews the sorry state of politics when governors in Florida and Texas engage in human trafficking of refugees to score political points. He also has a list of 12 reasons not to reelect Sen. Ron Johnson—rumor has it there may be more.
She’s a Nice Lady, but Enough Already. Guest: Mark Jacob. (Sept 9 – Hour 2)
Media critic Mark Jacob reacts to the breathless coverage by US media of the death of Queen Elizabeth II. He also answers the question on the minds of many media watchers today: What the heck has happened to CNN?
We Don’t Want to Talk about Ron Johnson All the Time But… Part 2 (Sept 2 – Hour 2)
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 […]
Blank Space Is Better Than Printing Lies. Guest: Mark Jacob (Aug 26 – hour 2)
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
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.
