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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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
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New book reveals the Tools for Podcasting
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by American University professor Jill Olmsted to discuss her new book, Tools for Podcasting, the importance in working for diversity in all aspects of podcasting and reporting, and her...
40 min
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Podcast shares stories of DC's music scene
Sean Gotkin, the sound department manager at the Black Cat and host of the biweekly podcast Sounds Like DC, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the importance of real conversations between friends and how DC's music scene...
22 min
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Get rid of your ego and be an empathetic journa...
P. Kim Bui, director of audience innovation for The Arizona Republic, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss empathetic journalism and why listening to "real humans" can help newsrooms better serve their readers, viewers...
30 min
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Better News: Post & Courier uncovers new revenu...
The Post & Courier of Charleston, South Carolina was in dire straights. Its traditional revenue streams — print advertising and circulation — were in decline and the newspaper needed to find a way to reverse that trend — and fast.
The...
17 min
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Citizen journalists help CitizenDetroit documen...
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by WDET civic reporter Eleanore Catolico and Vassilis Jacobs, senior policy analyst at CitizenDetroit and a Documenters manager, to discuss their efforts to train people to take detailed notes at...
28 min