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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/adchoices2024-12-2641 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 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 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 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 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices2024-05-1624 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 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices2024-03-1440 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 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices2023-12-1423 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 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.2023-07-2727 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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices2023-07-2727 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 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 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 min
Math and MusingsMaurice O'Connell: 5/26/23Celebrating the life and times of Maurice O'Connell, 1912-1987.2023-05-2615 minMath and MusingsMichael O'Connell Sr.: 5/19/23Celebrating the life and times of Michael O'Connell Sr., 1942-2007.2023-05-1915 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 JournalismThe First Amendment is her beatThanks to a Freedom Forum grant through Journalism Funding Partners, The Tennessean recently hired Angele Latham as a reporter focused full-time on First Amendment issues. Latham talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how well reporters and the general public know their First Amendment rights.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices2023-03-0224 minIt's All JournalismMandy Jenkins: Remembering a digital news rockstarIt's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell remembers Mandy Jenkins, a long-time friend of the podcast who died Sunday in her hometown of Zanesville, Ohio. To honor Mandy's memory, we're reposting the audio from our last interview with her from February 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2023-02-2733 minIt's All JournalismScripps program redeploys reporting expertise across broadcast newsroomsJim Iovino, program director for the Scripps Journalism Journey Initiative, and Neal Bennett, senior talent acquisition partner at Scripps, tell It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the project's mission to train experienced print reporters for broadcast careers.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices2023-02-2322 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: How San Antonio Express News Created A Winning Newsletter StrategyNewsletters have become an essential tool for news outlets to share their stories and engage readers. But coming up with a successful newsletter strategy can be difficult. How often should you send a newsletter? How many newsletters are too many? Should you send your newsletters to every subscriber or split your mailing list into different groups? What constitutes a breaking news alert?To find answers to those questions, Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell talks to Cameron Songer, the newsletter editor at the San Antonio Express News.Recently, Songer and Randi Stevenson, the Ex...2023-02-1429 minIt's All JournalismGlobal Press gives voice to local women journalists across the worldCristi Hegranes talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how Global Press is working to increase the number of local women journalists in some of the world’s least covered places to tell stories that are rarely heard.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 podcastchoices.com/adchoices2023-02-0930 minIt's All JournalismStoripress aims to democratize the tools of online publishingAlex Pan is one of the founders of Storipress, a new publishing platform that’s being billed as the alternative Wordpress that's designed for publications and media. Pan talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how Storipress is sort of the love child of Squarespace, Trello, Google Docs and Substack.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 podcastchoices.com...2023-02-0225 minIt's All JournalismThe Cool Down: Climate change news with solutions, not doom and gloomAnna Robertson, co-founder and chief content officer of The Cool Down, talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how the website is laser-focused on fighting pollution and filling the gaps that other news outlets leave out when covering climate.Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, listen, download and subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2023-01-2425 min
It's All JournalismHearst investigation exposes widespread use of restraints on students in US schoolsThe Hearst Newspapers recently finished a year-long national investigation of how schools across the U.S. routinely restrain students or keep them in seclusion. It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talked to the team from the Times Union in Albany, New York about the investigation.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, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2023-01-1227 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: This pitch to switch to digital even includes softballThe Oklahoman built a reputation as the state's newspaper of record by covering the Oklahoma City community for more than 100 years. However, with several changes in ownership in recent years leading to staff cuts and a decline in print readership, the paper's fortunes have reversed.Better News recently published a report written by The Oklahoman's business editor, David Dishman, on how the legacy newspaper has transformed itself from within and successfully shifted its focus away from print and toward growing its digital audience. Read the Report.Dishman talks to Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell ab...2023-01-1025 minIt's All JournalismPodcast Debut: Kat Downs Mulder livestream interviewIt's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Kat Downs Mulder, the former chief production officer and managing editor at The Washington Post.
This interview was originally recorded on Feb. 24, 2022 as a Facebook Live Event celebration It's All Journalism's 500th episode.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-12-2930 minIt's All JournalismTwitter's upheaval is not the end of the world for newsroomsZainab Shah, director of engagement and audience at THE CITY, and It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talk about what the upheaval at Twitter means for newsrooms.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-12-1536 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Revisiting the best stories of 2022From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Unapologetically ATL newsletter to the work of Nuestro Estado in covering the Spanish-speaking population in South Carolina, Better News has shared stories about newsrooms finding new audiences and growing sustainable revenue to better serve their communities. Where else are you going to hear about how a 1-pound bag of coffee helped a legacy newspaper in New Hampshire grow its subscriber list?In this special year-end episode, Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell talks to Kamaria Roberts, the deputy director of local news transformation at the American Press Institute. Roberts highlights the w...2022-12-1234 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Salt Lake Tribune finds new audience, revenue stream from Mormon Land beatThe Salt Lake Tribune has been covering the Utah community for 151 years. Ever since the newspaper shifted to a nonprofit model three years ago, it's been looking for innovative ways to identify new audiences and turn print subscribers into digital subscribers.One area of success for the Tribune is its unique reporting on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, exemplified by the work of managing editor David Noyce and senior religion reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack. The duo produce a weekly podcast and newsletter under the Tribune's Mormon Land mini-brand.Better News recently published a st...2022-12-0625 minIt's All JournalismGannett develops SMS strategy to text breaking news during Hurricane IanJennifer Hefty, social and emerging platforms strategist for the USA Today Network, and Kara Chiles, senior vice president of consumer products for Gannett, talk to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how they leveraged the SMS platform Subtext to text breaking news and public safety updates to their audience during Hurricane Ian.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, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adch...2022-12-0126 minIt's All JournalismPrism newsroom benefits from 4-day work weekPrism, an independent, nonprofit newsroom led by journalists of color, recently adopted a four-day work week for its employees. Editor-in-Chief Ashton Lattimore tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how the idea sprang from Prism's own reporting and how the change has improved the work-life balance of its employees.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, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-11-2424 minIt's All JournalismWhat alternate social media platforms mean for journalismGalen Stocking, a senior computational social scientist on the Journalism Research Team at the Pew Research Center, talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about Pew’s recent report: The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment.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, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-11-1726 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Arizona Daily Star flips the narrative with solutions journalism beatMedia critics often fault the news industry for only covering bad news. While William Randolph Hearst may have coined the concept “If it bleeds, it leads,” that sentiment is not shared by those journalists working hard to make the community they’re covering a better place for their audience to live.Case in point, the Arizona Daily Star recently flipped the narrative and added solutions-oriented reporting to its coverage. Rather than reporting on the problems of the community, the Daily Star's solutions reporter Caitlin Schmidt is writing about how people are trying to fix those problems.Cait...2022-11-0818 minIt's All JournalismGood news about employee pay, benefits in nonprofit newsroomsA new study from the Institute for Nonprofit News looking at compensation among member organizations reveals some good news about employee pay and benefits. Courtney Lewis, INN’s chief of growth programs, shares all the details with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-11-0326 minIt's All JournalismWinning the battle against disinformationAuthor Samuel “Chris” Spitale talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell the rise disinformation, the need for media literacy, and his new book: “How to Win the War on Truth: An Illustrated Guide to How Mistruths are Sold, Why They Stick and How to Reclaim Reality."
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-10-1330 minIt's All JournalismWallace Carroll blazed a trail for a generation of journalistsMary McNeil is a former editor and writer for the Congressional Quarterly, talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about her new biography of Wallace Carroll and what today's journalist's can learn from this pioneering editor's life.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-10-0624 minIt's All JournalismVocal coach helps broadcasters, reporters find their voiceAfter 40 years as a broadcaster, Susan Murphy started VOSOT, a vocal coaching business to help broadcasters and journalists find their voice. Murphy talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about ways reporters can prepare for their next podcast, livestream or TV panel appearance.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-09-1536 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Social videos help Buffalo News increase engagement, sponsorshipsThe Buffalo News, which has been providing news and information to Western New York since 1880, was looking for a way to connect with readers beyond the seven-day print newspaper.
Brian Connolly and Geoff Nason recently wrote a case study for API's Better News initiative about how the newspaper leveraged its staff’s expertise on the city's NFL franchise to build engagement and generate sponsorships through social videos.
Nason and fellow News staffers Mark Gaughan and Danielle Ossher join Better News host Michael O'Connell to discuss the first season of Buffalo Bills PlayAction videos they produced. Rea...2022-09-0833 minIt's All JournalismCare about democracy? Then you should care about journalismTeresa Gorman talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how the Democracy Fund's Public Square program is building ecosystems to solve the problem of news deserts. It's also promoting equity by identifying funding for newsrooms that cover marginalized and overlooked communities.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-09-0127 minIt's All JournalismBaltimore Beat: Black-led paper focuses on needs of Black peopleWhile much of the journalism talk in Baltimore has been about the Banner, the Baltimore Beat returned as a biweekly print newspaper on Wednesday . Editor-in- Chief Lisa Snowden shares how the Beat plans to tell the stories of this majority Black city with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-08-1120 minIt's All JournalismHow satisfied are journalists with the job they're doing?For the first time ever, the Pew Research Center asked journalists what they thought of their industry and how satisfied they were with the work they're doing. Senior researcher Jeff Gottfried shares all the details with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-07-2828 minIt's All JournalismMyth Detector fact-checks news to stop misinformation from spreadingSandro Gigauri tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how Myth Detector identifies misinformation and works with Facebook to verify false stories and keep fake news from spreading.
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The Truth In This Art: Stories That MatterExploring Authentic Podcasting with Michael O'Connell: Insights from a Journalist and HostEngage your mind with 'The Truth in This Art' podcast, where host Rob Lee guides the way on an enthralling discussion with Michael O'Connell, a distinguished journalist and field editor affiliated with The Patch in Northern Virginia and Washington, D.C. Renowned as the host and producer of the widely recognized It's All Journalism podcast, he also contributes to the production of the Better News podcast under the American Press Institute. With a rich professional background, Michael has held pivotal roles, including digital editor at Local News Now, senior digital editor at Federal News Network, and managing editor at...2022-07-0856 minIt's All JournalismTEGNA implements companywide Inclusive Journalism ProgramGrady Tripp and Eric Valadez are the chief diversity officer and content director, respectively, for TEGNA Inc. They tell It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the development and implementation of TEGNA's companywide Inclusive Journalism Program.
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Learn more ab...2022-06-2325 minIt's All JournalismFrom Germany to Michigan: TV reporter purses her journalism dreamLuisa Wiewgorra went from being a student dreaming about working for a radio station in her hometown in Germany to covering local stories as a television reporter for Fox 47 News in Lansing, Michigan. Wiewgorra shares her story with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-06-1627 minIt's All JournalismIdeas Lab helps realign Journal Sentinel for the 2020sDavid Haynes is editor of the Ideas Lab, a solutions journalism effort at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He and It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell discuss how newsrooms have changed over the last 25 years and how the Ideas Lab evolved to serve the Journal Sentinel's current audience.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-06-1443 minIt's All JournalismHow Stranger's Guide explores place-based journalism Travel journalist Kira Brunner Don tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how Stranger's Guide. explores the power of place-based journalism to break down stereotypes and foster global citizenship.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-06-0931 minIt's All JournalismStudent journalists take reporting beyond school boundariesHigh school journalists Oliver Tam, Georgia Russello and Cristina Steffanizi talk to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about what they've learned working for the student-owned Pelham Examiner, which covers the town of Pelham, New York.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-06-0727 minIt's All JournalismNew York Sun publisher seeks to restore American journalismIn this week's episode, Dovid Efune, publisher of The New York Sun, talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell what's wrong with American journalism and how The Sun aims to restore trust in journalism and newspapers.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-06-0246 minIt's All JournalismDatabase proves vital source of pandemic news for Indigenous peopleJourdan Bennett-Begaye tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how Indian Country Today built a database to help provide vital pandemic information to Indigenous communities across the country.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-05-3132 minIt's All JournalismDo local newsrooms provide the best coverage of local schools?Jesse Holcomb, an assistant professor in journalism and communication at Calvin University, discusses a recent study looking at how well local news outlets are covering education. He tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell the study revealed some surprises when it came to how local newsrooms covered the pandemic.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-05-2530 minMath and MusingsMike O'Connell Sr.: 5/20/22Mike talks about the life of Michael O'Connell Sr. on the eve of what would be his 80th birthday.2022-05-2015 minIt's All JournalismReporting for seven decades on the free speech frontierDan Rottenberg, author of The Education of a Journalist: My 70 Years on the Frontiers of Free Speech, tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell there’s always going to be a need for journalists, especially now when truth is under attack.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-05-1938 minIt's All JournalismDMV Download podcast delivers daily doses of local news in DCFormer It's All Journalism producer Megan Cloherty and Luke Garrett produce DMV Download for WTOP, the 24-hour, all-news radio station in Washington, D.C. They discuss the challenges of launching a locally focused, daily news podcast with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-05-1735 minIt's All JournalismIt's All Journalism - Special Announcementit's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell shares a special podcast announcement.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-05-1601 minIt's All JournalismWhy diversity should be part of everything newsrooms doJoanne Griffith is the chief content officer of the American Public Media Group's APM Studios. The talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about her role overseeing APM Studios’ editorial vision and brand voice. They also discuss why it makes sense for newsrooms to make diversity part of everything they do.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com...2022-05-0538 minIt's All JournalismResources for journalists covering trauma and health and science topicsNaseem Miller writes about health and medicine for The Journalist’s Resource at Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School. She's also the cofounder of the Journalists Covering Trauma Facebook group. She talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about resources to help reporters to diversify sourcing in their coverage of health and medicine, as well has how to deal with trauma.
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Lea...2022-04-2829 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Wake-up call inspires newsroom to rethink coverage of Black communitiesGannett’s Knoxville News Sentinel in Tennessee got a wake-up call that prompted its newsroom to rethink how the paper covered the city's Black community.
With the help of former Better News guest Cynthia Benjamin, the News Sentinel paired a free one-year subscription with a Facebook group to create the Digital Advisory Group or "The DAG" for short.
Joel Christopher and Brenna McDermott, the News Sentinel's executive editor and the newsroom’s growth and development editor, respectively, wrote a report about the DAG for the Better News Initiative. They Better News host Michael O'Connell how The DAG hel...2022-04-1930 minIt's All JournalismMetropolitan Diary: Where readers share their stories of New York CityIt's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell interviews Ed Shanahan and Agnes Lee of the Metropolitan Diary, a daily column featuring stories about New York City written by readers of The New York Times.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2022-01-2730 minIt's All JournalismNewsy aims to deliver just the facts without a political spinIn most people’s minds 24-hour news means cable news, which many see as hour after hour of politically slanted coverage. In October, the E.W. Scripps Company decided to change all that by converting Newsy into a 24-hour broadcast news channel without a political slant. Eric Ludgood, head of Newsy, shares the details with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell.
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Le...2022-01-2023 minIt's All JournalismUnion study reveals pay disparity at Gannett newspapersRebekah Sanders and Megan Taros are both members of the union that represents employees of The Arizona Republic. They talk to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about a recent study that shows Gannett underpays women and journalists of color across the company's many newsrooms.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2021-12-1643 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Revisiting some success stories from 2021Kamaria Roberts, the new deputy director of local news transformation at the American Press Institute, joins host Michael O'Connell in a year-end review of the Better News podcast. They listen to clips from past interviews and discuss how they demonstrate the successful application of strategies developed by newsrooms in the Table Stakes Local News Transformation program and featured 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 a...2021-12-1431 minIt's All JournalismBellwether podcast offers journalism with a sci-fi slantSam Greenspan is the creator of Bellwether, a limited podcast series telling real reported stories inside a speculative fiction framework. Greenspan explains to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how this non-traditional approach to journalistic storytelling illuminates humanity's collisions with technology.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices2021-12-0929 minIt's All JournalismVirtual reality can strengthen news teams working remotelyA self-described adventure seeker, Marshall Mosher is host of the Inside the Adventure podcast and co-founder of Vestigo, a company that conducts trust and team-building exercises using virtual reality. It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Mosher about how Vestigo has conducted virtual team-building exercises at news organizations like CNN’s Emerging Tech Platforms team.
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Lea...2021-11-1830 minIt's All JournalismOlder generations deserve media coverage tooPaul Kleyman, national coordinator of the Journalists Network on Generations and editor of Generations Beat Online, specializes in covering the issues of importance to older Americans. He talks with It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell about why these issues are often missing in mainstream media and how young journalists can find help in the form of fellowships and resources to correct this shortfall.
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2021-11-0726 minIt's All JournalismThinking globally, writing locally about climate changeJames Fahn, executive director of the Earth Journalism Network, talks with It’s All Journalism producer Michael O’Connell about his experiences as an environmental reporter, the importance of thinking outside the box when writing about climate change and the ongoing Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland.
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The new fundraising model proved so successful that The Post and Courier was able to raise $1 million to support a statewide investigative fund and education lab.
Executive Editor Autumn Phillips recently wrote a report for API's Better News initiative about The Post and Courier's stellar fundaising effort. She shares the details with host Michael O'Connel...2021-11-0223 minIt's All JournalismTrust.txt is a silent partner in legitimizing news organizationsScott Yates is the founder of JournalList.net and Trust.txt, a tool news organizations can use to verify the legitimacy of their content and information. He talks with It’s All Journalism producer Michael O’Connell about how Trust.txt works, why it matters and how newspapers and publishers can join together to fight disinformation.
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Learn more about your ad ch...2021-10-2831 minMath and MusingsBecoming our dads: October 15, 2021Mike talks about his ever-accelerating transition into Michael O'Connell Sr.2021-10-1515 minIt's All JournalismData can be the spine of your reportingMaryJo Webster is the data editor for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She talks with It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell about her aversion to math before learning about data journalism, how data can be a better story source than interview a person, and how entering a query into a database can help pull information to tell the real stories of a community.
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2021-10-1434 minIt's All JournalismNoema aims to help academics, policy makers think differentlyKathleen Miles is the executive editor of Noema, a cross-disciplinary academic journal from the Berggruen Institute. She talks with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about the importance of breaking out of the 24-hour news cycle to give writers the room to investigate deeper topics to help decision-makers approach policy discussions.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podca...2021-10-0731 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: Tennessean engages Black audiences with new initiativeThe Tennessean is a major newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s also the flagship of the USA Today Network South. Like many mainstream newspapers, The Tennessean has primarily served a white audience even though Nashville’s population is 24 percent Black.
In the latest Better News podcast, opinion columnist LeBron Hill talks to host Michael O'Connell about the report he wrote for the American Press Institute's Better News Initiative about how The Tennessean is successfully engaging Black audiences with its Black Tennessee Voices project.
The Better News podcast is a partnership between It’s All Journalism and the Ame...2021-10-0528 minIt's All JournalismHow to cover a music industry changed by COVID-19Shirley Halperin is the executive editor for music at Variety for both its online and print music coverage. She talks with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about covering all aspects of the music industry, how old-school journalism practices differ from the digital world and the way the music industry adapted to COVID-19.
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Learn more about your ad choic...2021-09-3032 minIt's All JournalismWhat's it like on the Senate beat?Zach Cohen is the Senate correspondent for the National Journal, also appearing on cable news stations on behalf of his publication. He talks with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about why he studied international service in college, how to set up a weekly schedule for coverage and why it's important to have trusted sources who get used to your questions.
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...2021-09-2320 minIt's All JournalismDigital melted mainstream media's ice cream momentMichael Hainsworth is a Toronto-based podcaster who left a 20-plus-year broadcast career to embrace all digital media has to offer. He talks with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about the fear mainstream media has for digital, why that’s a bad idea and how the ice cream moment has melted.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastc...2021-09-1642 minIt's All JournalismKeeping journalists safe is a priority for former EMTChristopher Post spent 20 years as a first responder before changing careers and becoming a video journalist. He talks with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about how journalists can develop situational awareness and be safe when covering potentially dangerous stories.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/pr...2021-09-0928 minIt's All JournalismWashingtonian staff solidifies its voice by forming a unionJessica Sidman and Daniella Byck of the Washingtonian Magazine were two of the publication's staff who participated in a one-day work strike in May. They talk with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the unexpected opinion piece published in the Washington Post by the magazine's chief executive that served as a catalyst for the work stoppage and the formation of a new union for employees.
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Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices...2021-08-2537 minIt's All JournalismPodcasting is the last frontier of the open internetBenjamin Bellamy is the the CEO and founder of Ad Aures, an organization that creates fair and sustainable ecosystem for the podcasting industry, and leader of the Castopod hosting platform. He joins It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell to discuss the importance of the open internet and why podcasting is one of the last examples of what made the "old" internet powerful and exciting.
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2021-08-1926 minIt's All JournalismBetter News: LA Times Creates Compelling Virtual Events During PandemicThe Los Angeles Times has a long history of hosting successful in-person events. Its annual Festival of Books, for example, draws more than 150,000 people every spring. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, many of those events were at risk of being canceled.
The Times' audience engagement director, Samantha Melbourneweaver, and live events editor, Donna Wares, recently wrote a piece for the Better News initiative about how the L.A. Times built a compelling series of virtual events during the pandemic.
In this episode of Better News, Melbourneweaver and Wares tell host Michael O'Connell...2021-08-1723 minIt's All JournalismPushed Out: How domestic violence can lead to homelessnessJulia Paskin is a radio producer and writer for KPCC and LAist who recently launched a series called 'Pushed Out: LA's Unhoused Women,' telling the stories of women who are experiencing homelessness after leaving an intimate partner abuse situation. She talks with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the challenges of sharing these stories in a responsible way while making it clear that homelessness could happen, easily, to almost anyone.
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 A...2021-08-1126 minIt's All JournalismMental health toolkit designed by and for student journalistsEileen Toh and Natalie Bettendorf are two of the leaders and co-founders of the University of Southern California's Student Journalism Wellness Project, an online resource kit for journalists to help handle the stress and mental health obstacles that come from working in news. They tell It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the importance of the project and their friend, Karan Nevatia, who started the initiative before dying by suicide in 2020.
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The podcast series is a production of Street Sense Media, a nonprofit whose mission is to end homelessness in the Washington, D.C. area. It does this by providing people with the skills and tools they need to become more confident and empowered.
In service of its mission, Street Sense Media produces journalism about h...2021-07-0533 minMath and MusingsIntroduction: June 4, 2021Musician/author/statesman Michael O'Connell Jr. describes his entrance into the world of podcasting.2021-06-0413 minIt's All JournalismHow Spiro Agnew's crimes became relevant againMichael Yarvitz, co-author with Rachel Maddow of Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the book and its accompanying podcast. He explains their research process, including sharing new information with people who prosecuted former Vice President Spiro Agnew.
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Learn more about your ad ch...2021-06-0326 minIt's All JournalismIt's a dangerous time to be a journalist in AmericaIt’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined by Michael De Dora, Washington advocacy manager with the Committee to Protect Journalists. They discuss the sharp increase in attacks against American journalists in 2020 and what might be in store for the press under a new administration.
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