Inside Albany going dark
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Inside Albany, the public-television show that has chronicled the foibles andÂÂ triumphs of state government since 1975, is going off the air at the end of the year.
ÂÂ ÂÂ ÂÂ ÂÂ “The frustration of not being able to cover more stories and the strain of running a business while running after news has caused us to decide to end Inside Albany’s long run on Dec. 31, 2006,’‘ÂÂ the show’s owners said in a statement today.
ÂÂ ÂÂ ÂÂ The show, which airs at 1 p.m. Saturdays and 6 a.m. Sundays onÂÂ Channel 13 in New York City and at other times on weekends in the rest of the state, started in the midst of the New York City financial crisis when interest in Albany doings was at its peak.
ÂÂ ÂÂ One of the show’s original anchors, Dave Hepp, has been along for the whole ride. The other, Lise Bang-Jensen, aÂÂ former newspaper reporter,ÂÂ joined the show in 1987. Photographer Gary Glinski, also the director, started in 1984.
ÂÂ ÂÂ The show lost funding from public-television stations in 1996, and has led a more tenuous existence for the last decade, depending on grants from unions, foundations, corporations and other donors. But the staff was cut from eight to three over the years.
ÂÂ ÂÂ The winner of numerous awards, the show “was created to bring attention and accountability to state government, the often overlooked middle child in news, wedged between coverage of Washington and City Hall,’’ the show’s crew said in a statement. “From the beginning we have been able to take the time to sort through complicated issues and tell the big story. Our weekly deadline has given us the luxury to coverÂÂ separate news events and put them in perspective.’’
ÂÂ No more.
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This is very sad. As a newspaper and television guy, I know first hand how good a job Dave and Lisa have done under all sorts of pressure, financial and journalistic. The quality of their work never slackened. They should be very proud of it. Now the question is, who or what will replace what they’ve done? What independently supported and operated voices—if any—will step up to fill the void? Fewer and fewer good professionals covering fewer and fewer issues. What a shame. We are all the poorer and weaker for it.
They do a terrific job.
Unlike Snooze 12 with Edelman & Co.
THATS WHY NEWS 12 IS EXPANDING IN THE HUDSON VALLEY
WHILE INSIDE ALBANY IS OUT OF BUSINESS…TELEVISION
TODAY IS ABOUT ENTERTAINMENT AS WELL AS INFORMATION
ALL THE SUCCESSFULE SHOWS HAVE SOME SORT OF STHICK WHICH
MAKES THEM WORK…INLCUDING EDELMAN AND COMPANY
WHO HAS BUILT QUITE A FOLLOWING AMONG VIEWERS…
the fact that you refer to snooze 12 as edelman and
company..illustrates the point…its not the content
its the presentation
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As a resident of upstate New York for six years from 1997 through 2003, I was able to familiarize myself and learn to appreciate the inner workings of the Empire State’s government through public affairs shows like INSIDE ALBANY. I am not a native of NYS; however, through the reporting of Dave Hepp, Lise Bang-Jensen, and Gary Glinski, I became thoroughly fascinated with this great state’s government and always looked forward to my weekly dose of tuning in to their “classroom”. I found them to be highly qualified reporters and wonderful “teachers”. I wish each one of them well and hope they prosper in new endeavors. THANK YOU!