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06/08/2026

In this clip from The Deserts, Zach Metzger of the State of Local News Project explains how local news coverage is increasingly concentrated in wealthier urban communities, leaving many others behind.

🎧 Listen to the full episode on Spotify. Link in bio.

06/08/2026

In Episode 1 of The Deserts, Victor Pickard discusses the growing crisis of local news deserts and what communities stand to lose when local journalism disappears.

🎧 Listen now on Spotify. Link in bio.

06/08/2026

For years, local journalism was funded by advertising revenue. But as that revenue shifted online, the business model that sustained many newspapers began to collapse.

In this clip from The Deserts, media scholar Victor Pickard explains how these economic changes have contributed to the rise of local news deserts across the country.

🎧 Listen to the full episode on Spotify. Link in bio.

06/07/2026

In this clip from The Deserts, Victor Pickard discusses how the Trump administration has helped shape a media environment that increasingly resembles the style and approach of conservative media.

🎧 Listen to the full conversation in Episode 1 of The Deserts. Link in bio.

🎤 TUNE IN for this week’s edition of Join WICB’s News Director, George Christopher, in learning more about Clyde Lederm...
03/06/2023

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Join WICB’s News Director, George Christopher, in learning more about Clyde Lederman and his campaign!

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Community Beat 🏘️ - Joshua Pantano and Caroline Grass
Politics Beat 💼 - Liam McDermott

🎤 TUNE IN for this week’s edition of Join WICB news correspondent Caroline Grass to learn more about the risk of floodi...
02/21/2023

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Join WICB news correspondent Caroline Grass to learn more about the risk of flooding in the city of Ithaca

FEATURING
Community Beat 🏘️ - Sarah Payne and George Christopher
Politics Beat 💼 - Liam McDermott

🎤 TUNE IN for this weeks edition of WICB news correspondent Caroline Grass as learns more about harmful algae blooms, o...
09/26/2022

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WICB news correspondent Caroline Grass as learns more about harmful algae blooms, or HAB’s, in the first part of a two-part series learning more about the environment in the Ithaca area.

Cover photo credits to Cayuga Lake Watershed Network.

🎙TUNE IN for this weeks edition of WICB News Director Bec Legato spoke with the Planned Parenthood Generation Action at...
08/29/2022

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WICB News Director Bec Legato spoke with the Planned Parenthood Generation Action at Ithaca College President Reilly Shingler about their role for the organization and how they plan to continue to operate in this new climate post Roe v. Wade.

Logo credits go to Planned Parenthood.

🎙TUNE IN for a previous edition of WICB News Director Bec Legato spoke with Ithaca Common Council Member Robert Cantelm...
08/29/2022

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WICB News Director Bec Legato spoke with Ithaca Common Council Member Robert Cantelmo about his role in the passing of the bill that labeled Ithaca a sanctuary town for abortion and reproductive health care.

🎙TUNE IN for this week's Hear from correspondent Caroline Grass on the Ithaca chapter of the Xtinction Rebellion, corre...
04/03/2022

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Hear from correspondent Caroline Grass on the Ithaca chapter of the Xtinction Rebellion, correspondent Jay Bradley on Cornell University students who are making the most fuel-efficient vehicle in the world, and correspondent Christian Maitre on the weekly Xctinction Rebellion protests outside the Chase Bank location in Ithaca.

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