In this divisive election year, there’s one thing Americans can agree on… the media’s to blame. A Gallup poll says only 4 in 10 Americans trust the mass media. On The Sound of Ideas, we’ll have an open and honest conversation with local news directors about the process of covering the news and the state of journalism in 2016. Then, we’ll talk to national media experts about how events in this year’s race bring up questions about the role of the press.
-Mark Simpson, Managing Editor - News, ideastream
-Jeff Harris, News Director, Channel 5/WEWS
-George Rodrigue, Editor and General Manager, The Plain Dealer
-Cheryl Powell, Metro Editor, Akron-Beacon Journal
-David Folkenflik, Media Correspondent, NPR
-David Mindich, Author, Professor of Media studies and journalism at Saint Michael’s College
-Danielle Sarver Coombs Ph.D, Associate Professor, School of Journalism & Mass Comm., Kent State University
