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It's All JournalismI did a podcast about journalism for 12 years and this is what I learnedMichael O'Connell, host and one of the founding producers of It's All Journalism, shares what he learned from the more than 650 conversations he had during the podcast's 12 years.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-12-2641 minIt's All JournalismAudiences seek personal connections to find their newsMegan Cloherty, senior reporter and 10 p.m. anchor at KOAA5 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, talks about her experiences as a broadcast reporter, digital journalist and one of the founding producers of It's All Journalism.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-12-1943 minIt's All JournalismAI, community building and the future of journalismHanna Rifaey, head of strategic partnerships at the Online News Organization, and Meghan Murphy, ONA's director of programs, talk about the state of digital news, sustainability and ONA's AI in Journalism Initiative.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-12-1236 minIt's All JournalismA look back at the Better News podcastSince August 2019, the Better News podcast has highlighted many of the news organizations that featured in the American Press Institute's Better News Initiative.Better News serves as a platform where local news organizations who participated in the Table Stakes Local News Transformation Program can share actionable strategies with others experiencing similar challenges in navigating the ever-changing, digital-media landscape.In this special episode, Jan Ross Sakian, API's Table Stakes community manager, joins host Michael O’Connell to wrap up the sixth and final season of the Better News podcast.The Better News podcast is a part...
2024-12-1025 minIt's All JournalismPrison Journalism Program helps incarcerated individuals find their voiceYukari Kane and Shaheen Pasha, co-founders of the Prison Journalism Project, discuss the challenges of creating and implementing a journalism curriculum in order to help incarcerated people find their voice and share their stories with the world outside of prison.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-12-0533 minIt's All JournalismSkepticism is one thing, but pride in not trusting the media is a cynical cop outJosh Hatch, senior director of digital at The Chronicle of Higher Education, discusses fake news, misinformation and the evolution of digital news over the last decade.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-11-2840 minIt's All JournalismInvestigative reporting and the future of FOIAJason Leopold, an investigative reporter with Bloomberg News, is known for his aggressive use of the Freedom of Information to research stories. He discusses the need for greater transparency in public records and his views on the future of FOIA in U.S.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-11-2130 minIt's All JournalismLittle News Collective has big impact on new media entrepreneursAmy Kovac-Ashley, the executive director of the Tiny News Collective, talks about developing first-time entrepreneurs in the news and community media space.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-11-1439 minIt's All JournalismBaltimore Beat builds a pipeline for the next generation of BIPOC journalistsLisa Snowden, editor-in-chief and cofounder of Baltimore Beat, discusses the importance of serving a diverse audience while developing the next generation of BIPOC journalists.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-11-0737 minIt's All JournalismReporting in a world of diminishing trustAlexander Howard, a self-described earnest advocate for freedom of information, open governance, and digital democracy, talks about his concerns and hopes for journalism and America's future.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-10-3150 minIt's All Journalism'Embracing a wider idea of what journalism is and can be'Writer and English instructor Lonnie Lee Hood discusses their passion for journalism and their experiences being a trans, freelance journalist in Tennessee.As we count down to our final episode on Dec. 26, visit the It's All Journalism website, where you can still listen to 12 years of episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-10-2437 minIt's All JournalismHere Goes Nothing. Here Goes Everything.It's like Christmas. You wait and wait and wait, but it never arrives fast enough. But when it finally does, something is wrong. The anticipation has vanished. You feel awkward and a little afraid.This is not the way to start a post about the latest episode It's All Journalism. But, as we are the "broccoli of media-focused podcasts," it's time for you to pick up a fork and eat your vegetables. This week, the It's All Journalism team discusses a new 10-part series featuring some of our favorite guests. Trust us. This is not a...
2024-10-1739 minIt's All JournalismDigital startup steps up when relentless storms devastate communityPhotojournalist Kevin Painchaud is a member of the Lookout Santa Cruz team that won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News for its community-focused coverage of the flooding and mudslides that destroyed thousands of homes in early 2023.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-10-1036 minIt's All JournalismNewsy Nick and the next stage of journalism's evolutionAndrew Conte, director of the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University, and graduate student Nick Tommarello share how the Center for Media Innovation is revitalizing local journalism in Pittsburgh.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-10-0330 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: WITF uses democracy beat to restore trust and push back against political rhetoricWITF, the NPR station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania recently started a democracy beat as a way to build trust, counter misinformation and tamp down political rhetoric.Special projects editor Tim Lambert oversees the democracy beat and Scott Blanchard is WITF's director of journalism. They talk to Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell about the origins of the democracy beat and how this new approach impacts the station's election coverage.Read the report Tim Lambert wrote Better News: How WITF is using democracy reporting to build trust and tamp down political rhetoric.The Better News pod...
2024-10-0132 minIt's All JournalismSmall but mighty, Richmondside seeks to revitalize local newsEditor-in-chief Kari Hulac talks about Richmondside, the independent, free, nonprofit online news site that launched over the summer.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-09-2628 minIt's All JournalismWhy not meet people where they are?Lucy Santerre, social media manager for Maine Public, discusses the role social media plays in public media.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
2024-09-1934 minIt's All JournalismMajority of Black Americans believe media has held them back, according to Pew Research surveyKiana Cox, senior researcher on the Race and Ethnicity team at Pew Research Center, discusses the recent Pew report entitled: "Most Black Americans Believe U.S. Institutions Were Designed To Hold Black People Back."Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-09-1225 minIt's All JournalismIWMF offers safety training for US journalistsElisa Lees Muñoz, executive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation discusses a series of training sessions the foundation is offering for journalists covering political conventions and other news events.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-09-0528 minIt's All Journalism633. AI tests media industry's ability to add value to the information ecosystemKlaudia Jaźwińska and Pete Brown of the Tow Center for Digital journalism at Columbia University, discuss the Platforms and Publishers project, which seeks to promote mutual understanding of how emerging technologies are impacting the practice and business of journalism. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-08-2931 minIt's All JournalismHow choice can skew the public's understanding of what is real and what is fakeDavid Rothschild, an economist at Microsoft Research, is one of the people behind the Media Bias Detector Project, which “Tracks and classifies the top stories published by a collection of prominent publishers spanning the political spectrum in close to real time.” Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-08-2235 minIt's All Journalism631. Chestnut Hill Local seeks to grow readership in underserved communitiesDaralyse Lyons, business growth officer at the Chestnut Hill Local, discusses a Lenfest grant of $100,000 to help the paper expand readership and its reader demographic in Philadelphia and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-08-1529 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Live events can help news organizations connect with their communitiesEarlier this year, six local news organizations participated in the American Press Institute's Live Events Sprint for Table Stakes Alumni. The goal of this five-month cohort was to help news organizations design and market live events within their communities.Through the program, Vermont Public planned a series of community picnics to better understand election questions and policy issues important to community members.Amy Zielinski, senior event producer for Vermont Public, talks to Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell about how Vermont Public is using events to foster dialogue and connect with its audience.API...
2024-08-1322 minIt's All JournalismThe City uses impactful, mission-oriented journalism to cover New York CityNic Dawes, executive director of The City, discuses how the independent, nonprofit newsroom fills the gap in local news coverage of New York City, following the closures or shrinkage of the New York Daily News and DNAInfo.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-08-0832 minIt's All JournalismHow digital video is becoming the go-to platform for delivering local newsFran Wills, CEO of the Local Media Consortium, discusses how digital video has become the go-to news and information source for a growing number of people and what that means for local news.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-08-0124 minIt's All JournalismInformed debate is reporting that spurs conversation: Carrie MelagoCarrie Melago discusses how Chalkbeat, the education-focused, local newsroom, tracks impact rather than just chasing clicks.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-07-2526 minIt's All JournalismHow peer support can help journalists facing online abuse and secondary traumaViktorya Vilk and Jeje Mohamed wrote a report for PEN America with Columbia University’s Susan McGregor that focused on using peer support to reduce harm and increase resilience against the online abuse of journalists in the U.S.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-07-1842 minIt's All JournalismNew book documents the fight to kill the Atlantic Coast PipelineJonathan Mingle is a freelance journalist and the author of a new book, “Gaslight: The Atlantic Coast Pipeline and the Fight for America’s Energy Future," which documents how Virginia communities pushed back against Dominion Power's Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-07-1133 minIt's All JournalismCommunity collaboration key to evolving local journalismAllison Levine, CEO of Local Journalism Initiative, can discusses how LJI’s Delaware Journalism Collaborative, which has brought more than 25 partners throughout the state together to report on polarization and possible solutions, strengthens local journalism in Delaware and our democracy.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-07-0433 minIt's All JournalismWhat was it like covering the Trump and Biden Administrations?Steven Herman, former White House bureau chief for Voice of America, discusses his experience covering the Trump and Biden administrations and his new book about the experience: "Behind the White House Curtain: A Senior Journalist’s Story of Covering the President — And Why It Matters."Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-06-2729 minIt's All JournalismTrade association CEO draws on 20 years of broadcast experienceAnita Brikman uses the same skills she mastered from working 20 years as broadcast journalist, news anchor and health reporter in her current role as the CEO of the Plasma Protein Therapeutics Association.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-06-2033 minIt's All JournalismDeseret News' first female editor won't be its lastSarah Jane Weaver was recently named the editor of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints-owned Deseret News, becoming the first female editor in the 174-year-old newspaper's history.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-06-1331 minIt's All JournalismSaving journalism includes improving mental wellness in newsroomsDr Kate West and Leslie Rangel, authors of the book Journalists Break News. Don't Let it Break You, which offers solutions to professors and newsrooms to better prepare students and young journalists for the pressure of a career in journalism.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-06-0636 minIt's All JournalismPhilanthropists fund the arts and museums, why not local news?Press Forward was started as an effort to galvanize funders and donors to think more broadly about the importance of local news, according to the nonprofit's director Dale Anglin.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-05-3035 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Efforts to serve GenZ increase revenue and engagementExecutive editor Kayla Green recently wrote Better News case studies about these two initiatives to serve younger audiences. She discusses them both with host Michael O’Connell on this week’s Better News podcast. Read more about Athlete of the Week and Sumter Next Generation on BetterNews.org.The Better News podcast is a partnership between It’s All Journalism and the American Press Institute to a) showcase innovative/experimental ideas that emerge from the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsl...
2024-05-2821 minIt's All JournalismJournalists need to show their work to earn readers' trustJulia Angwin, founder and CEO of Proof News, discusses how journalists can restore trust by adopting a scientific approach to their reporting.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-05-2332 minIt's All JournalismThe Examination collaborates to deliver fearless journalism for a healthier worldIt's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Ben Hallman, founder and executive director of The Examination, about how it delivers investigative journalism aimed at creating a healthier world.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-05-1624 minIt's All JournalismPalestinian protests covered by student reporter inside Columbia University's gatesAs the breaking news reporter for Columbia University's City Newsroom, graduate student Francesca Maria Lorenzini covered pro-Palestinian protests at the school's New York City campus.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-05-0923 minIt's All JournalismWhat does the next generation of investigative journalists need to know?Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Ted Bridis teaches investigative journalism to the next generation of media professionals at the University of Florida College of Journalism and Communications.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-05-0226 minIt's All JournalismINN helps newsrooms focus on their communities to grow revenueKaren Rundlet became the new executive director and CEO of the Institute for Nonprofit News in January. She discusses how INN's network of more than 450 independent news organizations across North America are connecting with their communities to identify and generate a sustainable revenue stream.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-04-2427 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: How the Henrico Citizen grew its email list and reader revenueBy focusing on the audience funnel, owner and publisher Tom Lappas was able to generate 9,000 email subscribers and generated $34,000 at the Henrico Citizen.Lappas recently wrote a piece for Better News on how other news organizations can grow reader revenue and expand their email subscribers by focusing on the audience funnel. Lappas discusses that with host Michael O’Connell on this week’s Better News podcast. Read the full study.The Better News podcast is a partnership between It’s All Journalism and the American Press Institute to a) showcase innovative/experimental ideas that emerge from the Knight...
2024-04-2328 minIt's All JournalismArizona law empowers voters to see who is behind a political contributionElizabeth Shimek of the Campaign Legal Center explains how a law that 72 percent of Arizona voters voted for in 2022 brings transparency to the campaign finance process.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-04-1829 minIt's All JournalismThe Commons aims to find common ground in a divided AmericaDrew Lindsay, a senior writer at The Chronicle of Philanthropy, leads The Commons, a new vertical focusing on the issue of polarization along the lines of political ideology, gender, income, race, geography, culture, and religion.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-04-1126 minIt's All JournalismReNews helps revive, fund student-run media at HBCUs, HSIsExecutive Director Wesley Wright discusses the ReNews Project, which funds and/or provides professional assistance to revive dormant student newspapers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and at Hispanic-Serving Institutions.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-04-0425 minIt's All JournalismBudget neutral solution for funding locally focused and ethnic newsroomsMaya Chupkov, media and democracy program manager at California Common Cause, discusses a recently passed resolution requiring government offices in San Francisco to spend at least half of their advertising and outreach budgets on community and ethnic media outlets.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-03-2828 minIt's All JournalismReport stories that are additive and talk to those no one else is talking toJane Ferguson might have dreamed of working for the BBC or CNN as a young reporter, but she encourages young journalists to think beyond the headlines to find the places where their work can be “additive.” A foreign correspondent for PBS NewsHour and a contributor to the New Yorker, Ferguson was recently named the inaugural winner of the Neal Conan Prize for Excellence in Journalism and last year published a memoir about her career.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Le...
2024-03-2129 minIt's All JournalismONA Launches AI in Journalism InitiativeThe Online News Association recently launched a new AI in Journalism Initiative to provide tools and practical training for journalists looking to incorporate artificial intelligence into their reporting. Meghan Murphy, ONA’s director of programs, and Hanaa Rifaey, ONA's head of strategic partnerships, share the details with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-03-1440 minIt's All JournalismGuest interviews key part of most listened-to podcasts: Pew ResearchGalen Stocking, a senior computational social scientist, discusses a new Pew Research Center study that examines the role guest interviews play in the 451 most listened-to podcasts.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-03-0727 minIt's All JournalismCollaborative approach to solutions journalism benefits Philly's diverse populationGene Sonn and Derrick Cain discuss the Philadelphia Journalism Collaborative, Resolve Philly's latest effort in solutions-oriented journalism and community engagement.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-02-2927 minIt's All JournalismPrivate equity firms in search of profits are killing America's newsroomsMargot Susca, American University’s first professor of journalism, accountability and democracy, discusses her new book, “Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Help to Destroy America’s Newsrooms."Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-02-2236 minIt's All JournalismPop culture's influence on media is the subject of a new college courseRichard Lee, a professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University, is teaching a class on the intersection of pop culture and media.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-02-1524 minIt's All JournalismMeet Rob Lee: Charm City ConversationalistRob Lee is the host of the Truth In This Art podcast, which examines the intersections of art, culture and community, both in Baltimore, Maryland and beyond.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-02-0833 minIt's All JournalismNY Mets sportscaster Mike Janela always preparesGameday and digital host for the New York Mets Mike Janela talks about the multimedia skills he's had to master and how important preparation is in staying one step ahead of the person you're interviewing and ready to take the conversation in a new and interesting direction.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-02-0133 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Food and drink reporting drives revenue to The Sacramento BeeBenjy Egel became the The Sacramento Bee’s food and drink reporter in 2018. For the next five years, he watched the city's culinary scene blossom, attracting Michelin stars and James Beard Award nominations. Egel's reporting drew more than 1,000 new subscribers to The Bee who wanted to learn the latest about Sacramento's new cultural heartbeat.Sacramentans' love for the city's local restaurants inspired Egel to write “Sacramento Eats: Recipes from the Capital Region’s Favorite Restaurants." The cookbook not only highlights the city's award-winning chefs, it also includes their recipes so that readers can prepare their favorite dishes at home.
2024-01-0920 minIt's All JournalismIAJ Best of 2023: Anna Robertson, The Cool DownIn order to give the IAJ team some time off to enjoy the holidays with their families, we're revisiting our most popular episodes of 2023. Last week, we shared the second-most downloaded episode of the year, our interview with Adam Rice, the editor of the Downtown Albuquerque News.This week, we're featuring our most-downloaded episode of 2023, IAJ host Michael O'Connell's conversation with Anna Robertson, co-founder and chief content officer of The Cool Down. In addition to replaying our interview with Robertson from last January, we check in with Robertson to see what's happened over the intervening mon...
2024-01-0434 minIt's All JournalismIAJ Best of 2023: Peter Rice, editor of the Downtown Albuquerque NewsThis week and next, the It's All Journalism team is taking some time off to enjoy the holidays and spend time with our loved ones. It's become a tradition that at the end of the year, we like to look back at some of the great conversations we've had.This week we're sharing the second-most downloaded episode of 2023, our interview with Adam Rice, the editor of the Downtown Albuquerque News. In addition to reposting our interview with Rice, IAJ host Michael O'Connell checks in to see what's changed since we spoke to him in January. Be s...
2023-12-2837 minIt's All JournalismHow can journalists and academic researchers find common ground?Tamar Wilner is a postdoctorate fellow at UT Austin’s School of information, where she works on Co-Designing for Trust National Science Foundation-funded project aimed at tackling the misinformation crisis. She and Valérie Belair-Gagnon recently wrote a report for Nieman Lab on the disconnect between what journalists experience in the newsroom and what academic researchers understand about the news industry.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-12-2126 minIt's All JournalismEmpowerment journalism: How to build trust with the community you're coveringAndie Crossan and Britney Dennison coauthored The Empowerment Journalism Guide. Crossan talks to It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about how empowerment journalism can help newsrooms produce “community-engaged reporting.”Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-12-1423 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Tips and strategies for improving community-focused election coverageOne of the most important missions a local news organization has is covering local politics and elections. However, with shrinking staffs and limited resources, many digital media outlets struggle to effectively achieve this mission.David Plazas, director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee, recently wrote a study for the Better News initiative on how The Tennessean created a significant, authentic public service experience around local politics. Read the full study.On the latest episode of the Better News podcast, Plazas talks to host Michael O'Connell about the opportunities, resources, and collaborations Th...
2023-12-1229 minIt's All JournalismJ-school students express hope, concern for journalism's futureAngelica Amegashie, Andrew Herbst, and Beatrice Amune are members of the student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists at William Paterson University. The chapter was recently named SPJ’s chapter of the year. They discuss their hopes and concerns for journalism's future.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-12-0739 minIt's All JournalismPlight of indigenous people former Army Ranger's beatCyrus Norcross is a former Army Ranger turned Navajo journalist who covers indigenous affairs, specifically missing and murdered indigenous people.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-11-3028 minIt's All JournalismBetter News revisits the best stories of 2023Kamaria Roberts, the deputy director of local news transformation at the American Press Institute, highlights the work API has done over the last year through its Better News Initiative and what may be in store for 2024.The Better News podcast is a partnership between It’s All Journalism and the American Press Institute to a) showcase innovative/experimental ideas that emerge from the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies...
2023-11-2834 minIt's All JournalismIt's time to reimagine what journalism can beAndrea Wenzel, associate professor at Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communication and the director of Temple’s master of journalism program, discusses her new book "Antiracist Journalism: The Challenge of Creating Equitable Local News."Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-11-2327 minIt's All JournalismCNTI primer helps newsrooms navigate rapid changes in technologyAmy Mitchell is the new executive director of the Center for News, Technology & Innovation, which seeks to encourage independent and sustainable media, maintain an open internet and foster informed public policy conversations. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-11-1623 minIt's All JournalismWriting the unwritten history of public media in the USJosh Shepperd, an associate professor in the College of Media, Communication and Information at the University of Colorado - Boulder, discusses his new book, "Shadow of the New Deal: The Victory of Public Broadcasting."Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-11-0936 minIt's All JournalismJournalism's bad approach in reporting bad newsTamara Cherry, a former crime reporter for CTV television in Canada and also the Toronto Star, discusses her new book, "The Trauma Beat: A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-11-0238 minIt's All JournalismWhy would anyone still want to be a journalist?Matthew Powers and Sandra Vera-Zambrano discuss their new book, "The Journalist's Predicament: Difficult Choices in a Declining Profession."Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-10-1229 minIt's All JournalismClimate change is here. What can journalists do about it?Adrienne Russell, co-director of the Center for Journalism, Media, and Democracy in the Department of Communication at the University of Washington, discusses her new book, "The Mediated Climate: How Journalists, Big Tech, and Activists Are Vying for Our Future."Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-10-0529 minIt's All JournalismFault Lines helps journalists recognize, accept and tackle personal biasMartin Reynolds, co-executive director of external affairs and funding, talks about the Maynard Institute's Fault Lines newsroom diversity and anti-bias training.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-09-2734 minIt's All JournalismWhat print transformation can teach us about media's futureJeff Jarvis, faculty member at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism, talks about his latest book, "The Gutenberg Parenthesis: The Age of Print and Its Lesson for the Age of the Internet."Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-09-2138 minIt's All JournalismThe Chronicle Of Philanthropy adopts nonprofit statusEditor Stacy Palmer talks about The Chronicle of Philanthropy's shift in status to a nonprofit and what that means for the philanthropic community.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-09-1420 minIt's All JournalismHow to recognize when a governmental investigation is weaponizedKristy Parker and Anne Tindall from Project Democracy discuss a new report they co-authored with Justin Florence entitled "How to tell whether a government investigation or prosecution is 'weaponized.'"Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-09-0733 minIt's All JournalismWhat are the ethical implications of that news photo you just took?Photographer Fernanda H. Meier discusses the ethical implications of photojournalism and how to report authenticity, while avoiding stereotypes and socially inappropriate imagery.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-08-3138 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: The Coloradoan partners with university to foster public discourse, increase engagementEric Larsen, The Coloradoan’s executive editor, recently wrote a report for Better News about how a partnership with Colorado State University's Center for Public Deliberation reenergized the newspaper's opinion page and increased engagement by promoting a public dialogue among its audience members.The Better News podcast is a partnership between It’s All Journalism and the American Press Institute to a) showcase innovative/experimental ideas that emerge from the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news a...
2023-08-2920 minIt's All JournalismInvestigative reporter exposes junk science behind 911 call analysisBrett Murphy, a reporter on ProPublica’s national desk, shares how he took a seemingly farfetched tip about a new junk science in the criminal justice system known as 911 call analysis and transformed it into an award-winning piece of investigative journalism.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-08-2427 minIt's All JournalismNYC native reaches worldwide audience via Israel Daily News PodcastShanna Fuld, creator and host of the Israel Daily News Podcast, talks about the day-to-day challenges of being a freelance journalist in Tel Aviv. She also discusses her recent work as a researcher for the Showtime docudrama series "Ghosts of Beirut."Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-08-1729 minIt's All JournalismRobert Tornabene hosts podcast for public information officersRobert Tornabene, senior public communications supervisor for the Colorado Springs Police Department, discusses The PIO Podcast, where he interviews public information officers about how they do their jobs.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-08-1030 minIt's All JournalismHow media reporting on firearm violence does more harm than goodDr. Jessica Beard, director of research for the Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting, discusses a new report that offers firearm-injured peoples' perspectives on how the news media covers firearm violence.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-08-0329 minIt's All JournalismMichael Ventuolo-Mantovani: Accidental JournalistMichael Venutolo-Mantovani, who dreamed of becoming a rock musician when he was young, talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how he accidentally started a career as a freelance journalist.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-07-2727 minIt's All JournalismKeystone Student Journalism Coalition transforms digital natives into eager young journalistsChristopher Barnes and Destiny Beck discuss how they launched the Keystone Student Journalism Coalition to bring together students and journalism advisors from middle and high schools across Pennsylvania to share skills and promote journalism.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-07-2032 minIt's All JournalismKILLED: A story has to die to be on this podcastJustine Harman talks about her podcast KILLED, which pulls the curtain back on the editorial process and forces at play that lead publications to kill a big story.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-07-1326 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Louisville Public Media makes news for and with its Black audiencesMore and more newsrooms are discovering that diversifying their coverage to better represent and engage the communities they cover is not only the right thing to do, it’s necessary if they wish to remain relevant and sustainable.Better News recently published a report about how Louisville Public Media shifted from just reporting news about Black people to making news for and with them. Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell talks to Louisville Public Media's vice president of content, Gabrielle Jones, about LPM's new approach to covering the news for and with its Black audiences....
2023-07-1126 minIt's All JournalismWhy freelance journalists should join a unionAbigail Higgins talks about how the National Writers Union's Freelance Solidarity Project is working to improve the working conditions of freelance journalists and why freelancers should consider joining a union.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-07-0628 minIt's All JournalismHow much do listeners trust news they get from podcasts?Elisa Shearer, a senior researcher on Pew Research's News & Information Team, discusses the recent report, "Podcasts as a Source of News and Information," which reveals how different audiences trust the information they receive from the podcasts.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-06-2925 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: The Fayetteville Observer charts new course with Black audiencesAs a more than 200-year-old institution, The Fayetteville Observer hasn’t always done right by Black residents in its coverage area.Better News recently published a report about a new initiative at the Observer that uses partnerships and mobile newsrooms to help foster trust within the Black community and grow its audience.The Observer’s lead editor, Beth Hutson, and opinion editor, Myron Pitts share all the details with Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell.The Better News podcast is a partnership between It’s All Journalism and the American Press Institute to a) showcase inno...
2023-06-2725 minIt's All JournalismSports journalism's checkered past in covering mental illnessRon Bishop, a professor of communication at Drexel University in Philadelphia, talks about his new book: "The Thematic Evolution of Sports Journalism’s Narrative of Mental Illness: A Little Less Conversation."Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-06-2239 min
It's All JournalismBetter News: How a 'substantial lifestyle' inspires and uplifts Black audiencesGreg Hedgepeth is president and CEO of Substantial Media LLC, a Black-owned and operated online subscription-based platform that promotes the "substantial lifestyle" as a way to inspire and uplift its Black audience.Better News recently published a report written by Hedgepeth about Substantial Magazine’s journey to sustainable revenue and growth through partnerships and highly selective content for targeted audiences. Read the full report here.Hedgepeth discusses Substantial Media's mission and the strategies it uses to grow its audience among the Black community with Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell. The Better News podcast i...
2023-06-0627 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: How a 'substantial lifestyle' inspires and uplifts Black audiencesGreg Hedgepeth is president and CEO of Substantial Media LLC, a Black-owned and operated online subscription-based platform that promotes the "substantial lifestyle" as a way to inspire and uplift its Black audience.Better News recently published a report written by Hedgepeth about Substantial Magazine’s journey to sustainable revenue and growth through partnerships and highly selective content for targeted audiences. Read the full report here.Hedgepeth discusses Substantial Media's mission and the strategies it uses to grow its audience among the Black community with Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell. The Better News podcast i...
2023-06-0627 minIt's All JournalismHow media misses the mark in covering trans issuesThe LGBTQ+ community is once again in the crosshairs of the political debate in the U.S. John Casey, senior editor at the Advocate, discusses how journalists could be doing a better job of covering LGBTQ+ issues.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-06-0126 minIt's All JournalismRethinking incarceration, policing subject of new documentaryIn his documentary Reimagining Safety, Matthew Solomon explores the false premise that more police and more prisons makes us safer. He also provides practical and actionable solutions toward achieving systems of safety that work for everyone.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-05-2527 minIt's All JournalismDocumenters boost Resolve Philly's coverage of important local meetingsJulie Christie, director of data and special projects at Resolve Philly, discusses how her newsroom partnered with Chicago's City Bureau Documenters Network to recruit, train and pay Philadelphians to attend and take notes at public meetings across the city.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-05-1832 minIt's All JournalismThe Trust Project tackles the crisis of trust and misinformation in mediaPeabody Award-winning journalist Sally Lehrman talks about founding The Trust Project and how the nonprofit global consortium of news organizations is tackling the crisis of trust and misinformation in the media industry.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-05-1129 minIt's All JournalismLocal news viewed through a postindustrial lensCarmen Gentile, founder and editor at large of Postindustrial, explains how the independent, journalism-first, multimedia news outlet covers the areas in the United States that were once deemed highly industrialized. While some communities continue to struggles, others are finding new ways to thrive.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-05-0426 minIt's All JournalismPhiladelphia Inquirer adopts 'Up for Review' policy to consider de-listing storiesEvan Benn, senior director of special projects and communications at the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Emily Babay, coverage editor on the Inquirer’s Now Team, discuss the “Up for Review,” policy in which the paper reexamines stories that caused significant harm when they were first reported.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-04-2724 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Building trust with rural communitiesThe American Press Institute recently hosted a panel discussion with alumni from the Tables Stakes Local News Transformation Program about how journalists can build trust with rural communities. Joy Mayer of Trusting News moderated the panel, which included Sarah Nagem of the Border Belt Independent, Hadley Hitson of the Montgomery Advertiser, and Danny McArthur of Gulf States Newsroom.This episode of the Better News podcast features audio from the panel, in which Joy and her guests discuss strategies they've used to foster trust with their rural audiences.The Better News podcast is a partnershi...
2023-04-2546 minIt's All JournalismWhere food and institutional power intersect in North Carolina is focus of new partnershipThe Assembly, a digital magazine about the people, institutions, and ideas that shape North Carolina, recently partnered with The Food Section, a newsletter on the Substack platform that covers food and drink in the American South. Kyle Villemain and Hanna Raskin, founders of The Assembly and The Food Section, respectively, discuss what their partnership means for the Carolinas and beyond.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-04-2025 minIt's All JournalismWhat artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT mean for the future of journalismDavid Cohn, senior director of the AlphaGroup tech/media incubator and the co-founder and chief strategy officer of Subtext, says artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT won't be taking journalists jobs, at least not anytime soon. But there are still vital roles for journalists to play as AI programs become more commonplace in the newsroom.Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Soundcloud, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...
2023-04-1322 minIt's All JournalismFirst year as TV news reporter 'not for the faint of heart'Amanda Denise tells what it's like navigating her first news market after she switched careers in her early 30s to become a television news reporter and weekend anchor at WCTI and WYDO in Eastern Carolina.Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-04-0629 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: HBCU Gameday grows from passion project to multi-tiered successSteven Gaither launched HBCU Gameday in 2012 on Facebook and Twitter to highlight sports and culture at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. A few years later, TV sportscaster Tolly Carr joined Gaither and helped to grow the brand across multiple platforms.Recently, Carr wrote a report for Better News about how HBCU Gameday, which started out as passion project, has grown into a profitable business. Read the report.In this episode of Better News, host Michael O'Connell talks to Carr about what got him interested in sports broadcasting in the first place, what attracted him to H...
2023-04-0421 minIt's All Journalism561. Diversity a big part of the Chicago Reader's formula for successTracy Baim explains how the Chicago Reader found success not only by identifying new revenue streams but also by prioritizing diversity in its newsroom staff and leadership.Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-03-3027 min