The Bench - On the Air at WLS

I had the great pleasure yesterday to meet talk show host Jerry Agar at WLS 890 AM studios, high atop the Pot Belly sandwich shop at State and Lake in the Loop. Jerry interviewed John Powers of the Chicago Daily Observer and me about the impact of citizen journalists (the term "blogger" is so yesterday) and their impact on news reporting and current events. You can hear the archived interview here. Jerry is a fun guy with a passion and energy like few in the media. In fact, last night, he was the guest host for the Mark Levin Show, one of the top nationally syndicated talk shows. Check out his show on WLS 890 AM, weekdays from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. Hint: If you have trouble opening the archived interview and you have Windows Media Player, right click on the top tool bar, choose "File" then "Open URL" and paste this URL in: http://wlsam.1871dev.com/content/img/f47480/Agar__Citizen_Journalism_August_5th_10am.mp3 You'll need an Internet connection for this. It should open as an MP3 in your player. Once open, you can right click again and select File, Save As... to keep a copy. This might work in other players, too, I dunno.