ON THE MEDIA

About the Show

Television. Newspapers. Radio. Internet. Email. Films. Books. Magazines. In an era of information overload, On the Media decodes what’s heard, read, and seen in the media every day, then arms listeners with critical tools to thrive in the information age. With compelling reporting and uncommon insight, hosts Brooke Gladstone and Bob Garfield uncover the significant issues of the day and carefully expose the relationship of the media to culture and society.

From censorship issues to how popular culture, politics, and money influence the media and society at large, the hosts encourage listeners to “Tune in, turn on, and wise up!”

About the Hosts

On the Media Co-Host Bob Garfield is a columnist, critic, essayist, pundit, international lecturer, and broadcaster. He has been a columnist for USA Today and contributing editor for Civilization and the Washington Post Magazine. He has also written for The New York Times, Playboy, Sports Illustrated, and many other publications. A collection of his work, Waking Up Screaming from the American Dream, was published by Scribner in 1997. He also co-wrote “Tag, You’re It,” a country song performed by Willie Nelson. Garfield’s Advertising Age column “Ad Review,” which critiques television commercials, has made him infamous on Madison Avenue.

Before joining On The Media, he was a longtime commentator/correspondent for NPR’s All Things Considered. On television, he is the advertising analyst for ABC News. Previously, he has been an analyst or correspondent for CBS News, CNBC, PBS, and the Financial News Network.

Since 1995, Brooke Gladstone has worked a rare beat in broadcast journalism: reporting on the media. As NPR’s first media correspondent, she’s examined the coverage of race, science, and politics, and reported on the battle between Hollywood and the many guardians of American culture; media mergers; advertising trends; and journalism’s evolving ethics.

Gladstone started her journalism career as a reporter for Current, the newspaper of public broadcasting, before moving to Cablevision and The Washington Weekly. Her freelance articles have appeared in The Washington Post, Boston Globe, London Observer, American Journalism Review, and In These Times, among others. She joined NPR in 1987, as senior editor of Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon, and later assumed the same role for All Things Considered. During that time she also edited several award-winning reports and was the recipient of a Peabody Award, an Overseas Press Club Award, and an Ohio State Award, among other honors.

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