New York news icon Rosanna Scotto dishes up everything from life lessons to cooking advice in this fast-paced and wide-ranging interview. Following the release of her new book, ‘Meatballs, Mangia & Memories,’ Scotto talks about the impact of the pandemic on her family life and restaurant business, Fresco by Scotto, along with that of her work as a journalist and co-anchor of Good Day New York. Lots of juggling happens behind the scenes (get a tip or two on time management!) but at the heart ...
Feb 22, 2023•33 min•Season 3Ep. 52
Get an insider’s view of what will make business and economic news headlines in 2023 in Long Island New York news, as well as how reporters and editors go about gathering news for stories both local and national. We were joined by our host Katherine Heaviside (President, Epoch 5 Public Relations), alongside Joe Dowd (Editor & Associate Publisher at Long Island Business News & Editor at The Journal Record, Oklahoma City), (Margaret Corvini, Assistant Managing Editor for business at Newsda...
Feb 14, 2023•58 min•Season 3Ep. 51
In this episode of FMC Fast Chat, the uber-successful, incredibly happy, and endlessly hungry Phil Rosenthal offers up some food for thought on a few things he knows best. There's writing: He's got an instant best-seller. There's fame: He explains how Netflix's streaming of Somebody Feed Phil has taken his career to a new level. There's his new comedy tour: He sticks around so fans can get pictures. And, of course, there's food: Each time he picks up a sandwich, he brings the world a little clos...
Feb 14, 2023•17 min•Season 3Ep. 41
These Long Island news leaders share their thoughts on what will be in Long Island’s news throughout the year. In this discussion, they pinpoint the major issues and key people that they are keeping their eyes on. We were joined by our host for this episode, Chris Wright, alongside Chris Vaccaro (Digital Vice President, Altice USA), Diane Masciale (Vice President & General Manager, WLIW21 & WLIW-FM), Don Hudson (Editor, Newsday), Pam Robinson (Publisher, Huntingtonnow.com) and Michael Da...
Feb 07, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 50
What to expect in New York regional news in 2023? Get the scoop on what’s happening in Albany, New York City, and Long Island before you hear it in the news from these insiders. We were joined by our host Tim Scheld, Moderator, alongside Bernadette Hogan, City Hall Bureau Chief, New York Post; Katie Honan, Senior Reporter, The City and Dr. Lee Mirigoff, Director, Marist Institute for Public Opinion, Marist College. We touch on topics such as: - Adams/Hochul - Bail reform - Casinos - Housing This...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 49
In this segment of the discussion, we went beyond the “thoughts and prayers” soundbite to discuss how the news media is covering gun violence in America today. Expert speakers offered insight and first-hand accounts. They tackled the issue in real-time to address why gun violence is on a northward trajectory in this country, and what communities are doing to counter it. We were joined by our host, Jaci Clement (CEO & Executive Director, Fair Media Council ) briefly, alongside Abene Clayton (...
Jan 27, 2023•59 min•Season 3Ep. 48
This discussion was part of the Fair Media Council annual event, The News Conference: Real & Powerful 2023. The event brings the best in news together to engage in open dialogue with news consumers to build mutual understanding and respect. Smart, savvy and connected, these noted journalists pull back the curtain on D.C.’s wheeling and dealing — no matter what side of the aisle it’s happening on. No topic is off-limits. Find out who and what they’re keeping tabs on for 2023. In this segment ...
Jan 25, 2023•22 min•Season 3Ep. 47
As the investigations pile up into who George Santos really is, one thing is certain: He is most definitely the poster boy for everything wrong with today's news media. The fact that Long Island is the scene of the crime makes it smart all the more. Our backyard, and the people who live here, deserve far better than what the news has been serving up. Let's unpack this. From CNN to The Atlantic, commentaries in the news over the past week have called out Long Island's news leader, Newsday, for mi...
Jan 04, 2023•5 min•Season 3Ep. 46
Elsie Robinson. Know her name? Probably not. Yet, Elsie Robinson was once the most influential newspaper columnist in America and it's time her story was told. Allison Gilbert has done just that in her new book, "Listen, World! How the Intrepid Elsie Robinson Became America's Most Read Woman." It's an inspiring tale, shared in the next 30 minutes with author Allison Gilbert and host Jaci Clement. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Allison Gilbert is the author of numerous books, including the much-anticipated fir...
Dec 20, 2022•33 min•Season 3Ep. 45
Journalist-turned-author Joe Calderone takes us inside the making of his highly acclaimed debut novel, “Don’t Look Back: The 343 FDNY Firefighters Killed on 9-11 and the Fight for the Truth.” ABOUT THE AUTHOR Joe Calderone served as Investigations Editor of the New York Daily News at the time of the World Trade Center attack and helped cover the FDNY in the aftermath of 9/11, including documenting the problems firefighters had communicating via radio that day. Calderone worked as a newspaper edi...
Dec 06, 2022•31 min•Season 3Ep. 44
In this episode, legendary newsman Ernie Anastos tells of his return to the airwaves with the launch of his nationally syndicated television show, Positively America with Ernie Anastos. His particular brand of uplifting storytelling developed over the decades, first as a reporter in front of the camera and then, as a television anchor who set a new standard for local news. Would you expect anything less from a man mentored by Walter Cronkite? About Ernie Anastos Author and Emmy Award-winning New...
Nov 22, 2022•35 min•Season 3Ep. 43
In this episode of FMC Fast Chat, we go behind the scenes in extreme weather forecasting with one of the world's foremost experts, Jeff Masters, Ph.D., author at Yale Climate Connections, co-founder of Weather Underground and former NOAA Hurricane Hunter. From how weather and forecasting tools have changed over the decades to the impact of hurricanes and drought on our lives and wallets, this chat culminates in the ultimate question everyone has been asking: Can this planet be saved? Masters als...
Nov 08, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 42
In a season that’s usually dominated by the Flu, this year we find ourselves looking at a full menu of vaccine options. There’s the Flu shot. COVID boosters. Vaccines for Monkeypox, Shingles, and Polio .. and who knows what’s next. Dr. Ruth Karron knows. Fair Media Council CEO and Executive Director Jaci Clement chats with this global health expert and Director of the Johns Hopkins Vaccine Initiative about the safety of all of these vaccines for adults — and children, too! — and explores common ...
Oct 18, 2022•32 min•Season 3Ep. 40
After a 4,000-mile road trip across America, Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director Jaci Clement tells us what she learned about the state of national news from the people who matter most: The public. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 16, 2022•7 min•Season 2Ep. 39
In this episode of FMC Fast Chat, we take a look at the state of editorial cartooning in a chat with a man with more than 40 years in the business, two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Walt Handelsman. With a home base in New Orleans, Handelsman's cartoons are syndicated in more than 200 newspapers around the globe. Hosted by Jaci Clement. ABOUT WALT HANDELSMAN Walt Handelsman is the two-time Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist for The Times-Picayune/The Advocate in New O...
Jun 29, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 38
Acclaimed long-form writer Tom Junod takes us behind “Untold,” the massive, 30,000-word immersive story of ‘the most dangerous player in the history of college football’ recently released by ESPN Magazine. ESPN senior writer Tom Junod has written some of the most enduring and widely read longform journalism of the last 30 years. He joined ESPN in 2016 and has specialized in deeply reported stories on subjects ranging from Muhammad Ali’s funeral to Tom Brady’s desire to play forever. He has been ...
May 17, 2022•31 min•Season 2Ep. 37
Bonus episode! News Comes Full Circle, a commentary on news and culture from Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director Jaci Clement. Here's a look at how news changed and is looking to once again reinvent itself -- in no small way powered by current events -- by taking a cue from the past. Take a listen and be in the know in under 5 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 25, 2022•4 min•Season 2Ep. 36
Why do we believe what we believe? In this episode of FMC Fast Chat, we get an inside look at conspiracy theories. Current events have spawned countless new conspiracy theories, focusing on the likes of COVID and QAnon. But some conspiracy theories, like who shot JFK, stand the test of time. Why? Do we blame the media or social media, or the Internet? Or, maybe, America has simply always been this crazy? These questions -- and more-- are what we tossed out to the guy Rolling Stone says is the na...
Mar 22, 2022•35 min•Season 2Ep. 35
Be in the know in under five minutes: FMC Fast Chat brings you even faster commentary on media and culture. In this episode, you are the guest as Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director Jaci Clement talks to you about a troubling trend happening inside newsrooms today. Is the art of telling the truth at odds with the modern media landscape? Jaci Clement regularly writes on media and culture, to help the public navigate today's media landscape to find quality news. To find out more, sign ...
Mar 19, 2022•4 min•Season 2Ep. 34
How to build a company that stands the test of time is the focus of this episode of FMC Fast Chat featuring Jim McCann, Founder and Executive Chairman of 1800-FLOWERS.COM. Starting with a single floral shop in 1976, McCann built 1800-FLOWERS.COM into a household name, and today the company includes such notable brands as Harry & David, Cheryl's Cookies and Simply Chocolate under its umbrella. McCann talks about how the pandemic impacted operations, changed marketing and drove innovation at 1...
Mar 15, 2022•34 min•Season 2Ep. 33
In this special episode of FMC Fast Chat, Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director Jaci Clement talks to you directly to provide tips and advice designed for you, your family, your kids and your friends for how to deal with news coverage when it is severe and upsetting, at a most timely time, while the war in the Ukraine rages on. Be in the know in less than 10 minutes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Mar 02, 2022•8 min•Season 2Ep. 32
At 10 years old, Mary Alice Williams decided she wanted to tell news stories. Now, as she looks back on a career spanning more than 50 years, we discover two things happened: She not only reported the news stories that shaped our history, she also blazed trails everywhere she went. In this fast-moving Fast Chat, we cover the timely -- what's up with CNN, the Cable News Network Williams' helped create -- and the timeless -- just what is news, anyway? Is local news dead? Williams recently stepped ...
Feb 08, 2022•30 min•Season 2Ep. 31
In this episode, we Fast Chat about why those billionaires are blasting themselves into space and how today's fifth-graders are key to building a space industry -- estimated be to in the trillions -- that may ultimately save the planet earth. Our guest is the notable and ever-so-lively Janet Ivey, President of Explore Mars Inc. and Creator of the award-winning and nationally syndicated children's show, Janet's Planet, airing on PBS. With over 27 years in the children’s edutainment and space scie...
Feb 01, 2022•36 min•Season 2Ep. 30
In this episode of FMC Fast Chat, America's foremost presidential historian Douglas Brinkley grades Biden's first year, offers up some advice for the Cabinet, and tells us how he really feels about The 1619 Project from The New York Times. FMC Fast Chat is the podcast of the Fair Media Council and is hosted by Fair Media Council CEO & Executive Director Jaci Clement. Douglas Brinkley is the Katherine Tsanoff Brown Chair in Humanities and Professor of History at Rice University, a CNN Preside...
Jan 19, 2022•33 min•Season 2Ep. 29
Often referred to as the "Pandemic Prophet," noted science journalist Laurie Garrett chats with us about the COVID 19 pandemic, the state of global health, whether or not it really is safe to wear masks, politics, and so much more. Be in the know in 30ish minutes. Laurie Garrett wrote her first bestselling book, THE COMING PLAGUE: Newly Emerging Diseases in a World Out of Balance, while splitting her time between the Harvard School of Public Health and the New York newspaper, Newsday. In the 199...
Jan 12, 2022•44 min•Season 2Ep. 28
We’re all spending too much time online, but when does too much turn into addiction? How do we create a healthy life/tech balance? We chat with one of the world’s foremost experts on the topic, Dr. David Greenfield, founder and clinical director of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction. Be in the know in 30 minutes. Dr. David Greenfield is the founder of The Center for Internet and Technology Addiction and Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Connecticut Sch...
Nov 30, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Just in time to save your Thanksgiving dinner from turning into a war zone, FMC Fast Chats with renowned expert Peter T. Coleman, Ph.D. who gives us an inside look at polarization, how it has developed over time, and what to do to overcome our conflicts. Be in the know in 30(ish) minutes. Street cred check: A gifted storyteller, Peter T. Coleman, Ph.D. is the author of “The Way Out: Overcoming Toxic Polarization,” and holds a joint appointment at Columbia University Teachers College and The Eart...
Nov 23, 2021•35 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Can Twitter remove your tweet? How are current events such as Black Lives Matter and mask mandate protests challenging Americans' rights to protest? Just how much does the average American know about the First Amendment, anyway? The ongoing fight over the First Amendment, its rights and responsibilities, and common misconceptions is the focus of this chat with featured guest Gene Policinski, Senior Fellow for the First Amendment for the Freedom Forum. Policinski contributes to the weekly “First ...
Oct 19, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 25
In this episode, we chat with Jon Allsop, who writes a daily newsletter about the media industry for the Columbia Journalism Review, and features and columns on media and politics for magazines including the New York Review of Books, The Nation, and Foreign Policy. His award-winning investigative reporting on the global lottery industry has appeared in outlets in the United States and South Africa. Allsop is a freelancer based in London. With media covering media increasing in the U.S., we get a...
Sep 29, 2021•31 min•Season 2Ep. 24
What is it about the news today that makes Americans so lose their minds? In this episode of FMC Fast Chat, we ask the expert: Dr. Benjamin Toff, Senior Research Fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at the University of Oxford. Dr. Toff chats with us on the latest Trust in News survey results, and what it is about the news today that polarizes American audiences. Ok, politics and political leaders play a big role, but there's more to it than that: Generational differences,...
Sep 14, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 23
