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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CNN Style explores intersection of news and cul...
Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Style’s global editor, says everything going on in politics and news around the world is connected to cultural expressions, including fashion, art and design. She talks with It's All Journalism host Michael...
30 min
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Info District: A 21st century model for funding...
Simon Galperin, founding director of the Community Information Cooperative, explains the concept of an Info District. He talks with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about how local news initiatives, funded by taxpayer dollars,...
32 min
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Better News: Latino community benefits from new...
On this episode of Better News, Ju-Don Marshall of WFAE and Hilda Gurdian, publisher of La Noticia, tell host Michael O'Connell how their newsrooms teamed up to improve coverage of the Latino community in the Charlotte, North Carolina...
29 min
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COVID-19 exposes growing need for mental health...
Camalot Todd is a mental health reporter at Spectrum News 1 in Buffalo through a partnership with Report for America. She talks with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about her background covering this topic and how the...
40 min
205
The Defiant breaks down cryptocurrency
Camila Russo is the founder and current editor of The Defiant, a business news site, newsletter, and podcast about decentralized finance. She talks with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the clarity of financial reporting...
32 min
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Bonus: Look at This podcast provides forum for ...
It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell discusses "Look at This," a podcast series that shares the stories of the homeless men and women who sell the Street Sense newspaper in Washington, D.C.
33 min
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Bitchin' Pitchin' creator talks freelance tips,...
Abby Lee Hood, a freelance writer and creator of the monthly Bitchin’ Pitchin’ newsletter, joins host Michael O’Connell to discuss tips for successful freelance pitching. They also explain what it means to be a “leftist journo” and the...
35 min
208
TikTok Used To Expose Abuse Of Domestic Workers
Louise Donovan, an award-winning journalist with the Fuller Project, joins host Michael O’Connell to talk about her reporting on domestic workers using TikTok to raise awareness on their abusive conditions. She explains how these concerns...
28 min
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Prison Journalism Project helps inmates share t...
Shaheen Pasha and Yukari Kane, co-founders and co-executive directors of the Prison Journalism Project, join It's All Journalism host Michael O’Connell to explain their initiative. They work with inmates to help those with an interest...
28 min
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Better News: Killing Zombies On Your Subscripti...
The Arizona Republic had a zombie problem.
We're not talking about the brain-eating variety of zombies. Instead, the Republic had too many digital subscribers that weren't actively engaged with the newspaper's content....
32 min
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How newsrooms should handle requests to unpubli...
Deborah Dwyer, a 2020-2021 Reynolds Journalism Institute resident fellow at the University of Missouri, joins Michael O’Connell to discuss her work, building tools to help newsrooms deal with unpublishing requests. She talks about the ethical...
41 min
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How Spiro Agnew's crimes became relevant again
Michael 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....
26 min
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Few Americans support journalism's core values ...
Jennifer Benz, vice president of the Associated Press’ National Opinion Research Center’s Center for Public Affairs Research, and Tim Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute, discuss a new survey in partnership with...
36 min
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Journalists aren't as good at covering protests...
It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with Summer Harlow and Danielle Kilgo about their new study, “Perceptions vs Performance: How Routines, Norms and Values Influence Journalists’ Protest Coverage Decisions." They...
37 min
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Better News: Las Vegas Review-Journal bets big ...
In 2020, the Las Vegas Review-Journal launched Mobbed Up, an 11-part podcast series examining the role organized crime played in the rise of Las Vegas. The idea behind Mobbed Up was to grow audience and revenue for the paper. The Better...
23 min
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The Counter uses food to make news more digestible
It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Kate Cox, editor of The Counter, a nonprofit agriculture and food policy website. She explains how all news can be seen through the lens of food and why it's the best...
37 min
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Knowing your worth in the diverse world of fre...
It's All Journalism producer Amelia Brust talks with freelance reporter Emilia Benton. They discuss their shared love of running and how Benton has learned how to be a successful freelance writer by doing.
43 min
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Politico project shows just how white and male...
It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Angela Greiling Keane, Renuka Rayasam, and Allan James Vestal about Politico's data-rich project, Why state legislatures are still very white — and very male, which examines...
29 min
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How service journalism helps solve community pr...
It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Megan Griffith-Greene, service features editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer. They discuss what service journalism means, how it can help reporters better understand their communities...
36 min
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New Humanitarian's mission-centric focus a mode...
It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined by Heba Aly, CEO of The New Humanitarian, an independent nonprofit newsroom covering humanitarian crises. She discusses how her publication handled the COVID-19 pandemic and why her newsroom...
30 min
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Better News: Nonprofit newsrooms turn rivalry i...
Chrissy Beck is the managing director of The Chronicle at Duke University and Erica Perel is the former general manager at The Daily Tar Heel at the University of North Carolina. Their newsrooms teamed up to create the Rivalry Challenge...
20 min
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What Is Life shares stories of prisoners facing...
It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Joshua Vaughn, a senior multimedia reporter for The Appeal and creator of the What Is Life? podcast. Vaughn describes the podcast as a “passion project” that features conversations...
31 min
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Making Google, Facebook pay their fair share fo...
It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with David Chavern, president and CEO of the News Media Alliance, an Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit organization representing digital and print news publishers around the world....
30 min
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Solutions Journalism tackles community problems
It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Karen Magnuson, project director for the Solutions Journalism Network. They discuss what solutions journalism is, how it differs from investigative journalism and her new effort in New...
28 min
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Making sure Wikipedia shows that Women Do News
It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with Angilee Shah and Jareen Imam about the Women Do News campaign, which is creating Wikipedia entries for women in news to help raise their profiles and credibility.
24 min