Our guest today is Emmy Award winning journalist, producer, documentary filmmaker and podcaster Soledad O'Brien. O'Brien got her start in broadcast TV in 1991, and has held a wide variety of positions, ranging from on-air reporter, to anchor, to producer. Her work has been recognized with four Emmy awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards; she has also received the Gracie Award, which honors women in media. O'Brien joined us to talk about the state of journalism today.
:58 The final debate
3:17 Paul Mitchell shout out
5:05 Ballot initiative to eliminate Top Two
13:28 What's new at Capitol Weekly
14:59 Soledad O'Brien
16:00 The state of media
19:26 Approval rating of mainstream media
24:36 "Vast right wing conspiracy"
26:47 Bias
29:58 The 24 hour news cycle
31:20 "I think audiences are smarter than we give them credit for"
36:04 Roots
44:27 Financial literacy advocacy
47:04 Starfish Media
53:11 #WWCA
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