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This edition: Sam Roberts: Author, Journalist, "New York Times Close-Up"





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Episode Details

Original tape date: November 30, 2022. First aired: January 11, 2023.

Sam Roberts, longtime journalist, discusses how few community projects, press conferences, local news, in general, are covered and reported in New York's newspapers. Roberts talks about the digital vs printed forms of getting the news; "It's different," he says, remembering with pleasure, people waiting on the corner for the paper to be delivered. Mr. Roberts is author of "The New Yorkers" untold biographies of remarkable people and their contributions to New York's evolution and host of New York Times Close-Up, on CUNY TV.

Guest List

Sam Roberts Journalist, CUNY TV, Author, The New York Times, New York Close-Up