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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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
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SPLC reporter details challenges of covering ha...
Producer Michael O'Connell sits down with the Southern Poverty Law Center's Michael Edison Hayden to discuss the dangers of covering white supremacist groups, the lingering ghosts of the Charlottesville rally and why Twitter locked...
34 min
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What’s changed for women in newsrooms? Less tha...
It's All Journalism producer Amelia Brust talks to Kristin Grady Gilger and Julia Wallace about their new book, There’s No Crying In Newsrooms: What Women Have Learned About What It Takes To Lead, which examines what it’s like for women...
40 min
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373. Media outlets worldwide push for greater c...
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Mark Hertsgaard, environmental reporter for The Nation, to discuss next week's Covering Climate Now initiative, organized by The Nation and the Columbia Journalism Review. More than 160 outlets...
26 min
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Better News: Amplifier highlights Charlotte thr...
When Joni Deutsch arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina to become the podcast lead at NPR station WFAE, she wanted to create something that captured the city's unique identity beyond just football and banking. To that end, she launched...
23 min
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Algorithms are changing how journalists do thei...
Nick Diakopoulos is an assistant professor in communication studies and computer science at Northwestern University where he's also the director of the Computational Journalism Lab. In addition, Diakopoulos the author of Automating...
26 min
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NLGJA continues to transform how newsrooms cove...
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Sharif Durhams, a senior editor for CNN Digital and board president for the NLGJA -- The Association of LGBTQ Journalists, discussing how media coverage for the LGBTQ community has changed...
24 min
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What's your Credder rating? Are you trustworthy?
Chase Palmieri, one of the founders of Credder (formerly TribeWorthy), joins producer Michael O'Connell to talk about the platform that allows journalists and news consumers alike to rate the trustworthiness of articles.
26 min
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How journalists can avoid rising to the bait in...
Jay Rosen is a media critic and professor of journalism at New York University. He's also an observer of the trends and troubles affecting the media industry, which he documents on his blog, PressThink.org and on Twitter. Since...
30 min
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Amplifying young international voices to tell s...
Amanda Uhle of the International Congress of Youth Voices and Nelson Graves of News-Decoder join producer Michael O'Connell to discuss this year's conference and why giving young people support when speaking on issues of importance...
27 min
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Better News: Events may be difficult, but they'...
Chief Marking Officer Steve Yaeger and Managing Editor Suki Dardarian of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis discuss the challenges and benefits of hosting live events. Yaeger wrote about the Star Tribune's successful efforts in event hosting...
23 min
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IAJ partners with API on new podcast mini-series
It’s All Journalism is pleased to announce that it is partnering with the American Press Institute to produce a mini-series of podcasts around API’s Better News Initiative, which shares stories from newsrooms who are transforming themselves....
4 min
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Investigative reporter exposes injustice in civ...
Jerry Mitchell, a 30-year investigative reporter who now runs the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, joins producer Michael O'Connell to explain why cold cases and lapses in justice should never be shrugged off and left...
26 min
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Young women lead the conversation about periods...
Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by the energetic and wise-beyond-their-years young women of Bronx Prep Middle School about their new and award-winning podcast series, Sssh! Periods, who refuse to accept that menstruation is something...
19 min
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Don't be intimidated by the rich and powerful
Dan Primack has covered the business world for about 20 years, reporting on big players in the industry as well as startups. He joins producer Michael O'Connell to explain why the cliché about rich people putting their pants on...
23 min
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NewsGuard uses people not algorithms to sniff o...
NewsGuard's Eric Effron joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss how his organization uses journalistic principles and standards to determine which news or opinion websites are trustworthy and which are feeding readers a bunch...
24 min
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Finding the truth in a sea of misinformation
Professor and author Stephen Davis joins IAJ producer Michael O'Connell to explain how a little test he gives students inspired a book on the difficulty young and seasoned journalists alike are having in separating the truth from bad...
34 min
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What is the future of LGBT media?
Trish Bendix, an entertainment and freelance writer for more than 20 years, joins producer Michael O'Connell to shed some light on the shifting state of LGBT journalism.
31 min
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5 more podcasts to check out
In this special podcast, It’s All Journalism producer Michael O’Connell talks to Erica Mandy of The Newsworthy; Chistiane Wisehart of Examining Ethics; Sonja and Alex Overhiser of A Couple Cooks: Small Bites Podcast; Jerod Morris, Andy...
10 min
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The Browser seeks out, shares the day's best wr...
Robert Cottrell, editor and founder of The Browser, joins producer Michael O'Connell to explain the difference between being a content aggregator and a curator and why the best and most lasting journalism isn't likely to be focused...
40 min
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New true-crime podcast tackles 'An American Nig...
Reporters Meghan Cloherty and Jack Moore join IAJ producer Michael O'Connell in studio to talk about their new true-crime podcast, 22 hours: An American Nightmare. They discuss what it was like covering the 2015 home invasion and murder...
31 min