Every Wednesday night at 6:30, KBIA brings you a roundtable discussion about the media. Rod Gelatt of the MU School of Journalism is the regular host. The panelists often include School of Journalism faculty members such as Mike McKean, Lee Wilkins, and Lynda Kraxberger.

Have a question or comment about the show? Drop a note to views@kbia.org.

Click here to subscribe to a podcast.

Hear the most recent episode here.

Listen to the Views of the News audio archive, a la carte, in RealAudio:

April 16, 2008: Looking at media coverage of Obama's "bitter" remarks, and of Missouri gubernatorial-candidate promises ... and, remembering investigative-reporting trailblazer Bob Greene.
April 9, 2008: The current state of the media in China ... mid-Missouri election coverage ... and, is more media consolidation on the horizon?
April 2, 2008: "Iraq fatique" in the media ... coverage of the Hillary Clinton - Kosovo story ... and, will subscription or advertising prevail as the model in funding online news?

March 26, 2008: Should a radio host leave the airwaves to run for office? And, have the Columbia media covered local ballot issues well?
March 19, 2008: The Obama speech on race ... and, how do TV newsrooms choose live shots and file footage?
March 12, 2008: How effective are presidential campaign ads? And, can we measure media bias against Hillary Clinton?
March 5, 2008: Can the media make or break a candidate? And, should the British media have embargoed the news about Prince Harry's Afghanistan combat?

February 27, 2008: Coverage of the McCain-lobbyist affair ... Clinton and Obama ... and Ralph Nader's presidential bid.
February 20, 2008: Obama vs. Clinton: election-night speeches, plagiarism accusations, coverage overseas, and spare-time blogging by journalists.
February 13, 2008: Obama vs. Clinton in the media.
February 6, 2008: A Super Tuesday wrap.

January 30, 2008: Presidential primary coverage.
January 23, 2008: Coverage of the Obama-Clinton conflict and Gov. Matt Blunt's campaign plans ... and, turmoil at the L.A. Times.
January 16, 2008: Lessons the media could learn from early primary coverage.

December 19, 2007: What has happened to the State Capitol press corps? ... And, what would newspaper-and-broadcast cross-ownership mean?
December 12, 2007: Cameras in the courtroom ... winter weather coverage ... and, why media companies might love long election cycles.
December 5, 2007: Mizzou football coverage ... was it overdone? And, a look at coverage of crime in Columbia.

November 28, 2007: Has coverage of a recent Columbia crime surge been adequate? Should there be a la carte cable choice? ... And, why is religion the best "beat" in journalism?
November 21, 2007: What is the Missouri state government saying that makes it hard to report? Also, the Carole Simpson declaration ... and ethics for retired journalists.
November 14, 2007: KOMU's "Sarah's Stories" ... and, a journalism professor is accused of plagiarism.
November 7, 2007: Undercovered news stories, including gas prices, FEMA's and NASA's external communications, and pending revision of FCC media ownership rules.

October 31, 2007: The second in a series of interviews with the authors of the new book, "What Good Is Journalism?."
October 24, 2007: The first of a series of interviews with the authors of the new book, "What Good Is Journalism?."
October 17, 2007: A prospective federal shield law ... the recent media treatment of Al Gore ... and, are there differences among the networks in news coverage?
October 10, 2007: Presidential primary debate coverage ... and, how will YouTube affect politics in the coming cycle?
October 3, 2007: How companies respond to PR crises ... photo "enhancement" in the media ... and, what role should PR play in corporate decision-making?

September 26, 2007: Hosting the Iranian President as a speaker ... the ethics of covering a rape story ... and, sports coverage eating up news.
September 19, 2007: Looking at Petraeus coverage ... 25 years of USA Today ... and the "niching" of new magazines.
September 12, 2007: The ethics of "To Catch a Predator" ... Google bypasses local papers to deliver AP wire news ... and, when will 9/11 stop being an annual anniversary story?
September 5, 2007: Media coverage of military progress in Iraq, and potential action in Iran ... and the Larry Craig affair.

August 29, 2007: Reporting success stories in Iraq ... and coverage of the Sen. Larry Craig scandal.
August 22, 2007: Political cartoons and freedom of expression ... and, "citizen journalism" comes to sports reporting.
August 15, 2007: What qualifies as news?
August 8, 2007: A look at reporting on the presidential primary race ... and the Missouri Bipartisan Court Plan.
August 1, 2007: The Phoenix news-copter crash occasions another look at why news copters exist ... and, Rupert Murdoch's impending acquisition of the Wall Street Journal.

July 25, 2007: YouTube in the debates: gimmick or tool of democracy? ... early campaign burnout ... and legislator term limits.
July 18, 2007: Rupert Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal ... and, how the Internet may change political reporting in the '08 campaign.
July 11, 2007: The current state of reporting about the White House, and about celebrities such as Paris Hilton.
July 4, 2007: Views of the News is taking the holiday off. It will return on the 11th.

June 27, 2007: Free speech and the Supreme Court's "Bong Hits" and issue-ad rulings.
June 20, 2007: Is the Internet enhancing knowledge and understanding of public issues?
June 13, 2007: Is "good news" missing from the media? ... And, how the media have covered the recent tension between the U.S. and Russia.
June 6, 2007: When, and how, should the media stir public outrage?

May 30, 2007: Discussions of how involved a reporter can get in a quickly evolving crime story, and more.
May 23, 2007: Media coverage of the UM President search ... and of the dismissal of the only openly gay coach in college sports.
May 16, 2007: Jerry Falwell's life in the media ... and, what media mergers and takeovers mean.
May 9, 2007: Media coverage of area flooding ... and of MOHELA.
May 2, 2007: Media coverage of the end of the UM President's tenure, and the search for his successor ... and of goings-on in the state legislature.

April 25, 2007: What can local media tell us about candidates for prominent public-service jobs such as the UM President's? ... and, remembering David Halberstam.
April 18, 2007: Media coverage of the Virginia Tech shootings.
April 11, 2007: Examining the Don Imus controversy ... and the media attention paid to presidential-campaign fundraising.
April 4, 2007: Media coverage of Iran, and of developments with the Columbia Regional Airport ... and a look at the consequences of the lack of a federal "shield law."

March 28, 2007: Media coverage of the U.S. Attorney firing scandal ... is it warranted? And how have local media handled the upcoming elections?
March 21, 2007: Media coverage of the Iraq war, now four years in ... and, is the public agenda the same as the media's?
March 14, 2007: The neo-Nazi march in Columbia: how it was covered and how it should have been ... and, a partial protection for Missouri journalists being considered in the state legislature.
March 7, 2007: Washington media and the Scooter Libby episode ... and how media in Columbia are coping with a planned neo-Nazi march.

February 28, 2007: A Frontline documentary examines the state of American news ... saturation coverage of Anna Nicole ... Bob Woodruff's comeback ... and, should the media pay more attention to "second life"?
February 21, 2007: Balancing a watchdog press with the government's interest in secrecy ... and, when should the media mention race in criminal suspect descriptions?
February 14, 2007: How "Anna Nicole" became a news story ... a PBS series on the news media ... a Freedom of Information request again filed against the University.
February 7, 2007: A conservative commentator asks press not to "pillory Hillary" ... and, the differences between citizen media and citizen journalism.

January 31, 2007: Media coverage of the State of the State address ... and of the possibility of stem-cell research on the MU campus.
January 24, 2007: The newsworthiness of the State of the Union address, and of a presidential exploratory committee announcement ... and press oversight of prosecutorial malfeasance.
January 17, 2007: Is anti-Bush press-spin real? ... US vs. Britain in papers & TV news ... and where are the details on a local kidnapping?
January 10, 2007: How local and national coverage must differ ... and, the President's Iraq-strategy address.
January 3, 2007: Ford's funeral coverage ... "news slows" ... and a look at "concurrent legislative sessions."

Find audio of Views of the News installments prior to 2007 in the archive here.