Introducing Scene on Radio’s The News

About this episode

This episode features a collaboration with Scene on Radio, discussing the challenges facing American journalism.

The Master Plan team is hard at work on the next batch of Season 2 episodes. In the meantime, we’re sharing an episode from our friends at Scene on Radio. Their new season, The News, explores the crisis facing American journalism: collapsing local newsrooms, declining public trust, and a media ecosystem flooded with misinformation. In this first episode, the two-time Peabody Award-nominated series asks a simple but urgent question: What’s really wrong with the news? To hear the rest of the series, search for Scene on Radio wherever you get your podcasts or visit sceneonradio.org. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: David Sirota

Topics covered

• American journalism
• local news
• media trust
• misinformation
• news crisis

Keywords

• journalism
• local newsrooms
• public trust
• misinformation
• media ecosystem

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Scene on Radio, Master Plan

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