You don’t need a journalism degree or advanced understanding of broadcasting sciences to see that U.S. news media are on the ropes.
From your favorite cable news channel to your go-to website, from the big-city daily to the small-town weekly, American news is plagued by a crisis of trust.
Nobody understands how far the fourth estate has fallen better than Jaci Clement, who cut her teeth as a speechwriter, steamrolled through an impressive Long Island journalism career and now heads the Fair Media Council, a fearless watchdog dedicated to improving media accountability and promoting – publicly and proudly – journalistic integrity.
The scholar, award-winning podcast host and prototype ink-stained scribe joins Spark Host Gregory Zeller to recall her interviews with reporting royalty, trumpet the FMC’s Folio Awards and share her personal and professional fondness for late, great Innovate Long Island founder John Kominicki – one of her favorite career influencers.
