Journalism
Michael Flynn’s Turkey Connection and the Implications for U.S. Security and Democracy
June 1, 2020As the Michael Flynn legal drama comes to its denouement, the media narrative has focused on his guilty plea to lying about conversations with the Russian ambassador and the Justice Department’s late decision to seek to drop charges against Flynn. But Flynn’s other foreign entanglement, with Turkey, may be even more significant to U.S. security, […]
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal Blasts Trump Admin. for Failure to Deliver Coronavirus Testing Kits
March 10, 2020My interview with Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal on WCBS, Sunday March 8, 2020. Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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My live WCBS interview with Alan Dershowitz ahead of impeachment trial
January 20, 2020Harvard Law Prof Waffles on Scope of His Role Asserts ‘I’m not a full-fledged member’ of impeachment defense team Claims Sekulow is not conflicted by Parnas allegations Dershowitz arguably should be considered an expert witness in this case and Dems should get a rebuttal witness Sekulow should be called to testify on Parnas representation When […]
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After the Blackout, Gov. Cuomo tells WCBS’s John Metaxas, Con Ed “can be replaced.”
July 22, 2019New Yorkers measure their lives by blackouts. I experienced my fourth* on Saturday July 13th, anchoring live coverage of the West Side Blackout on WCBS Newsradio 880. The evening brought me back to the 1965 blackout when I was 7 growing up in Manhattan, the 1977 blackout as a college student at Columbia during the […]
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These “Grumpy Liberals” are Elevating Journalism in the Time of Trump
March 21, 2019John Metaxas speaks with Paul Glastris, editor in chief of the Washington Monthly, along with two of the publication’s editors, Daniel Block and Eric Cortellessa, about their quest to elevate journalism in this stressful time. Labelling his point of view, “grumpily liberal,” Paul says the Washington Monthly, now celebrating its 50th anniversary, remains devoted to […]
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Using Modern Media for the Common Good: John Metaxas speaks with TheVJ.com’s Michael Rosenblum
February 16, 2019John Metaxas speaks with Michael Rosenblum, the self-proclaimed “Father of Videojournalism” who has trained more than 40,000 VJs and built VJ-driven networks worldwide. In a wide-ranging talk on the history of media, Michael recounts his career, from his time living with and covering a Palestinian family in Gaza during the First Intifada to his current […]
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The Life of a Journalist & the Obligations of a Citizen in the Time of Trump
November 4, 2018Award winning journalist John Metaxas speaks on “The Life of a Journalist and the Obligations of a Citizen in the Time of Trump.” John touches on his time covering Trump at ABC News and CBS, the saga of Marvin Roffman, the importance of truth, his studies with Fred Friendly, the lessons he teaches his college […]
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