It's All Journalism
It’s All Journalism is a weekly podcast about the changing state of digital media. Each episode you’ll hear working journalists talk about how they do their jobs. They also discuss the latest trends in journalism and how they impact our democratic society.
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Covering coronavirus in useful, trustworthy ways
It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Mollie Muchna of TrustingNews.org and the Arizona Daily Star to discuss what newsrooms should be doing to provide useful, beneficial and trustworthy updates on...
19 min
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How can storytellers crack writer's block?
It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Melanie Deziel, brand storytelling consultant and founder of Storyfuel, to discuss her new book, Content Fuel Framework, about how storytellers have more ways to...
27 min
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Better News: Is it time to rethink your arts co...
KCUR.org, the website for Kansas City's public media station, made a concerted effort from 2014-18 to expand its arts coverage. It even had two-full-time reporters on the arts beat. When one of these reporters switched to another beat,...
22 min
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The more journalism and social media change, th...
For our 400th episode, It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by our first guest, Amy Eisman of American University's School of Communication, to discuss how things have changed in ways large and small and...
29 min
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FedNet gathers latest multimedia news from Cap...
It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Michael Kirby, managing editor for the video and transcript production company FedNet, which provides news materials for outlets across the country and around the...
27 min
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Alaska: More than what you see on reality TV
It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Cody Liska, a life-long Alaskan resident who started Crude, a magazine and podcast, to help dispel misconceptions about life in the biggest state.
33 min
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Podcasting with a South American twist
This week, It's All Journalism producer Michael O 'Connell is joined by Sebastián Payán of 070 Podcasts in Colombia and Tiago Rogero of Negra Voz in Brazil, part of an group of nearly 20 international podcasters who recently...
25 min
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Tess Koman's iconic video journey dining at Ame...
It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Tess Koman of Delish.com, discussing her video series Iconic Eats, which involves traveling to amusement parks around the country and sampling all their tasty...
24 min
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Public Narrative works to help newsrooms find s...
It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Jhmira Alexander, president of Public Narrative, to discuss the importance of educating community partners on how news works and why story choice in newsrooms can leave...
25 min
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Improve audience conversations and avoid trolls...
It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by The Alpha Group's David Cohn and Mike Donoghue. They talk about Subtext, an SMS-based platform the co-created that allows journalists to talk directly with their audience...
26 min
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Hard Times: When The Onion isn't edgy enough
It's all Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Matt Saincome, co-founder and writer with The Hard Times, to discuss the satirical punk and hardcore music publication and why it's all his older brother's fault....
34 min
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Calling out racists in cartoons makes them angry
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined again this week by political cartoonist Jen Sorensen to talk about being a woman with a platform and a voice in the time of Trump, the feedback she receives and why calling out social problems and...
27 min
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America has a bad case of truth decay, accordin...
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Jennifer Kavanagh of RAND to discuss her new book, Truth Decay: An Initial Exploration of the Diminishing Role of Facts and Analysis in American Public Life, on the concerning loss of...
36 min
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Shining a brighter collective light on DC's hom...
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Eric Falquero, editorial director of Street Sense Media; Rachel Sadon, editor-in-chief of DCist; and Chris Cain of The DC Line, as they discuss a 10-outlet effort to cover various aspects of homelessness...
30 min
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Learning from, and protecting, young journalist...
Independent journalist Jennifer Karchmer joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the importance of international travel for reporters and the New Voices initiative, which works to ensure student journalists are fully protected by...
41 min
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Helping newspapers make a NewStart
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Jim Iovino of West Virginia University and Don Smith of the West Virginia Press Association to talk about NewStart, their partnership to help recruit and train new newspaper owners across...
24 min
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Lead reporter in Sandusky case now investigatin...
It's All Journalism producer Amelia Brust talks to Sara Ganim, a former CNN investigative reporter, whose Pulitzer Prize-winning work for The Patriot-News exposed former Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky’s history of child sexual...
31 min
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NewsMatch, INN and good news for independent, i...
Sue Cross, executive director and CEO for the Institute for Nonprofit News, joins producer Michael O'Connell to share some good news on the state of investigative and independent journalism and how donors have through the end of the...
33 min
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LA Times podcast unravels 15-year-old mystery i...
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Joanne Faryon, the driving force behind the Room 22 podcast, which helped identify a man who lived for more than 15 years in a vegetative state and was known only as 66 Garage.
32 min
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Better News: Iconic southern newspaper undergoe...
The News Reporter of Whiteville, North Carolina is one of those iconic southern newspapers. Founded in 1896, the paper has a long history of serving rural Columbus County, including winning a Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Public Service...
18 min
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Memes, manifestos and 4chan — making sense of a...
It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell interviews writer and artist Dale Beran about his new book, It Came from Something Awful — How a Toxic Troll Army Accidentally Memed Donald Trump into Office. Beran tries to explain...
31 min
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Public good vs private enterprise: sustainabili...
Penny Muse Abernathy, author of Saving Community Journalism: The Path to Profitability and The Expanding News Desert, sat down with It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell to discuss Public Good or Private Enterprise? A Policy...
34 min
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Diverse newsrooms can act as fact-checking reso...
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Tina Lee, head of the ambassador program for Hostwriter and editor-in-chief of a new book, Unbias the News: Why diversity matters in journalism. This week, they discuss the book and why diverse...
31 min
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Journalism, anxiety and video therapy
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Anna Mortimer, a journalist-turned-psychotherapist and one of the creators of The Mind Field, a service that provides video therapy sessions for international development workers, journalists...
30 min
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Lacuna Voices will be home to stories that dese...
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Punteha van Terheyden, founder of a new platform that she hopes will help fill the gap of great stories that don't find homes in mainstream media outlets. Lacuna Voices is set to launch in...
28 min