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The Treeline Music Festival won’t be happening later this month as originally planned because organizers say it was too expensive to put on. What questions should reporters be asking as Columbia sees its first fall without the former Roots N Blues in nearly 20 years? Also, the next chapter in the Marion Record’s fight for press freedom; and when social media managers get too clever. From Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Nick Mathews: Views of the News.

The 2023 Jacquelyn K. Jones Lecture series will play host to PBS host Joe Lamp'l, a.k.a. Joe Gardener, September 14th at Monsanto Auditorium on the MU campus! But that's not all! Joe will also be appearing at the Columbia Farmers Market the day before as a guest of Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture. Registration is required. Get details on both events from today's guests, BILLY POLANSKY and PETE MILLIER! Also, meet KIMBERLEE JOHNSON, the actress behind Annie Wilkes in Capital City Productions' take on the Stephen King thriller 'Misery'. Limited runs in both Jefferson City and at the Lake of the Ozark start tomorrow! Additional guest: director BETH VOSSEN. (4:14) September 6, 2023

Newsflash: rotating the same two or three or even four passwords among all your online accounts is a bad idea. While that may be common sense to some, for others it's a hard habit to break. (How would i keep track of them all?!) ITCOMO's ROBERT RICKETTS is here to put you at ease with some helpful tips and tricks to keep you cyber-safe and secure. September 8, 2023

Despite what you might hear (assault on a playground?!), and despite the name, today's guest, SARA LAHR, says Talking Horse Productions' 'God of Carnage' is actually an awkward comedy starring just four people (including our other guest today, MARK BAUMGARTNER)! Curtain goes up in two days. Also, if you're looking for new flooring that's both durable and environmentally-friendly, Carpet One Floor & Home general manager SCOTT BRADLEY has just the thing: wool! (4:21) August 9, 2023

If you're a non-profit organization looking for help in achieving certain goals, or help in bringing out the best in your staff, CAROLYN SULLIVAN and OLIVIA SWANSON want you to bring on board New Chapter Coaching, LLC to be the help you seek! Also, COLTON DOWNING, BSN, RN, tells us how Boone Health treats a "special kind of heart attack" known as STEMI. (4:37) August 10, 2023

"Half a million people in the United States die each year due to smoking-related causes." So why do people do it and, more importantly, how do people quit? DRS. JEREMY JOHNSON and SATISH KALANJERI have an answer to both, telling us that the path to quitting can start with a simple phone call to Truman Veterans' Hospital. August 8, 2023

"I mentioned the 37% of our kids in the 3rd grade who are reading at a proficient or advanced level. We know, through measuring the programs at United Way...91% of those children exceed the benchmarks and improve their academic scores. So we know that our programs - in this regard - are working, and that's what we want! -- ANDREW GRABAU, Heart of Missouri United Way executive director August 15, 2023

OsteoStrong Columbia owner DAYNA GLANZ shares some of her members' own personal lifestyle choices, like eating a plant-based diet, that work well with OsteoStrong's non-pharmaceutical approach to improving bone density. Also, STEVE LITWILLER invites everyone to this year's three-day Missouri River Festival of the Arts! "When you get Kansas City professional musicians and St. Louis professional musicians who only play together that day...there's an energy, and that energy is palpable." (4:56) August 16, 2023

Missouri Girls Town is hoping to raise $25,000 at their 'Happy Hour for Hope' fundraiser near Warm Springs Ranch in Boonville next month. DEANNA BARGER, director of development, tells us more about that and a new tax credit for any donation made to their therapy program. August 7, 2023

Journalists across the country are standing behind the publisher and staff of the Marion County Record. Police raided the Kansas newspaper last week, seizing computers, phones and reporting materials in an apparent illegal search. Also, the impact of cameras in the courtroom in covering latest indictment of Donald Trump, covering the wildfires in Hawaii and “crafting” visual journalism. From the Missouri School of Journalism professors Amy Simons, Earnest Perry and Kathy Kiely: Views of the News.