The Peabody Award-winning On the Media podcast is your guide to examining how the media sausage is made. Host Brooke Gladstone examines threats to free speech and government transparency, cast a skeptical eye on media coverage of the week’s big stories and unravel hidden political narratives in everything we read, watch and hear.
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"We Are Putting Out A Damn Paper"
June 28th marks the anniversary of a mass shooting that took place inside a newsroom in Annapolis, Maryland, killing five journalists. On this week's On the Media, an intimate portrait of the staff of the Capital Gazette in the immediate aftermath of the death of their colleagues — and then over the next several years as they contend with a corporate takeover, buyouts, and the loss of their newsroom. Reported by Chris Benderev of NPR's Embedded.
Part 1: The Attack. Listen.
Part 2: The Aftermath. Listen.
Part 3: The Layoffs. Listen.
Music in this week's show:
Time Is Late — Marcos Ciscar feat. Joakim Johansson
We Insist — Zoë Keating