After Deadline: The Media Podcast

Our guest this week is Sharon McMahon, a former high school government and law instructor– now renowned as “America's Government Teacher.” Her mission: explaining the facts.  A social media star, with more than a million followers on her Instagram page called Sharon Says So, McMahon has become a leader in the fight against misinformation. She uses nonpartisan facts to break down difficult-to-...

On this week’s episode of After Deadline, we feature Mosheh Oinounou. Mosheh is a lifelong news fanatic. He was the youngest-ever executive producer for CBS Evening News, with stops along the way including Fox News and Bloomberg. Mosheh is now reinventing news with his own platform MoNews, an Instagram with over 400,000 followers, where he is devoted to providing verified and balanced news. He als...

On this week’s episode of After Deadline, we feature Alessandro Vitelli an experienced reporter, market analyst, and columnist who specializes in the energy and carbon market. Throughout his career, Vitelli has traveled across the globe and throughout the U.S., garnering a deep understanding of carbon markets and their impact on global carbon emissions reduction. His insights have been featured in...

On this week's episode of After Deadline, veteran NBC news reporter Kerry Sanders takes us inside his more than 30-year career at the network.  Starting off in a job that paid $3.35 an hour, Sanders worked at several stations in Florida before landing a correspondent’s job at NBC. From there, he made his name reporting from around the globe, reporting plane crashes, hurricanes, and the front...

Karen Hao is on a mission to decode the world of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) and its global impact. As The Wall Street Journal's A.I. and China Tech Reporter, she dives into the ups and downs of A.I.. With roots in Hong Kong and an Engineering degree from MIT, Karen's journey took her to UC Berkeley's Journalism for Social Change class, where she honed her ability to tell diverse...

He may well be the busiest man in sports broadcasting. You know Brian Custer as a host of SportCenter on ESPN, along with work as a play-by-play commentator for college football and basketball. It doesn’t stop here. He’s also the voice of Showtime Championship Boxing. And somehow he still has time to host his acclaimed Last Stand Podcast, conducting one-on-one interviews with prominent sports figu...

Join us for an inspiring episode as we sit down with the dynamic Chad Ricardo, a true testament to the power of hard work and dedication. From his early days as an MC to landing his dream job as a sports contributor and guest host for FOX 5 D.CChad's journey has been nothing short of remarkable. Starting as an MC, Chad's passion for entertainment was evident from the start. Through relen...

This week on After Deadline, the media podcast: sports anchor legend Dale Hansen.  You may know him from his years behind the desk at WFAA in Dallas. Or you may have shared some of his viral social commentary videos– landing him a guest shot on Ellen and an invite to the White House. Either way, Dale Hansen reigned supreme during his decades on the air. Jerry Jones, Barry Switzer, Troy Aikman. If...

This week on After Deadline, the media podcast: sports anchor legend Dale Hansen.  You may know him from his years behind the desk at WFAA in Dallas. Or you may have shared some of his viral social commentary videos– landing him a guest shot on Ellen and an invite to the White House. Either way, Dale Hansen reigned supreme during his decades on the air. Jerry Jones, Barry Switzer, Troy Aikman. If...

Embark on a captivating journey with Monica Villamizar, an exceptional journalist and correspondent, as we dive deep into the heart of conflict zones in our latest episode of After Deadline. Join us for an enlightening conversation as Monica unveils the untold stories and unearths the truths hidden amidst the chaos. From the frontlines of war-torn regions to remote corners of the world, Monica&apo...

In this captivating episode of After Deadline, join us as we delve into the remarkable journey of Sabrina Siddiqui, White House Correspondent and Reporter at the Wall Street Journal. Strap in for a gripping narrative as Sabrina shares her extraordinary experience of accompanying President Joe Biden on a historic trip to war-torn Ukraine, shortly after giving birth to her child. As one of the few j...

This week’s guest, Kim Kelly is an independent journalist, author, and organizer. She has been a regular labor columnist for Teen Vogue since 2018, and her writing on labor, class, politics, and culture has appeared in The New Republic , The Washington Post , The New York Times , The Baffler , The Nation , the Columbia Journalism Review , and Esquire, among many others. In this episode we talk abo...

This week’s guest Katherine Stewart is an investigative journalist and author with articles written in the New York Times and The Guardian. She focuses on religion and politics mainly and the separation of church and state. Her book, THE POWER WORSHIPPERS: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism , looks inside the movement that brought Donald Trump to power. We talk with Katherine Stewa...

It seems like this week’s guest Alisa Parenti has done it all from reporting to anchoring to radio to becoming an author to teaching to her current position as the Breaking News Editor at Bloomberg News. She talks to our hosts about her varying experiences and how her love for storytelling overshadows the less-than-glamorous life of a journalist. She also shares her perspective on broadcast person...

This week’s guest brings a love of breaking news and community to the After Deadline discussion. ABC6’s Christie Ileto is most notable for her extensive national coverage of the arrest of Freddie Gray. Because she is no stranger to chasing down a story, she shares what it really is like being a big city reporter – everything from quickly covering intense breaking stories, without time for bathroom...

Being a journalist can sometimes mean becoming an expert in a field you never would have imagined. This week’s guest Natalie Walters is a money and business reporter for the Dallas Morning News. She shares her journey with journalism including jumping in feet first as a finance and business reporter when she had no prior knowledge of the beat. She quickly learned to become a subject matter expert...

This week’s guest discovered at a young age that there were people who got to go to Orioles baseball games for free – and the rest is history. While Michael Graff ’s love for the Orioles hasn’t faltered over the years, his career path has shifted from sports writing to feature writing in his current position as the Southern Bureau Chief at Axios Local. Michael shares how his experience as an Engli...

As a journalist for more than 20 years, Jonathan Choe ’s passion lies in telling the stories that often go untold. In this episode, he takes us behind the scenes as a Senior Fellow at Discovery Institute and shares how his multi-media storytelling efforts bring insight and perspective to Seattle’s ongoing homeless crisis. He also talks about his very public exit from ABC’s Seattle affiliate KOMO a...

After Deadline goes global! This week’s guest Teresa Wright is a Canadian journalist, who covers politics and health at Global News – and the two may overlap more than you think. With more than 15 years of experience, Teresa knows journalism inside and out but is learning that social media and online hate can cloud the field. With the added pressure of distrust toward the media, Teresa explains th...

Thirty-five years at one TV station is unheard of in today’s industry… but that’s how long Jamie Costello has been at working at WMAR in his hometown of Baltimore County. Because he's been around the block a time or two, he's got a lot of insight to share and even some notes for younger reporters looking to get in the game. Listen in as Jamie shares his thoughts on staying in the same ci...

It’s not every day you come face to face with A-list celebrities  – unless of course you're the Breaking News Editor for Rolling Stone and former Editor at People Magazine. Jodi Guglielmi chased her journalism dream all the way to New York City and now writes for one of the top entertainment publications in the world. She shares her favorite celebrity encounters, the importance of internships...

Where is the last place you would want to be recognized? Well, WTOP Radio’s well-known Neal Augenstein has plenty of stories to share about being recognized in the strangest places. That type of recognition comes from being in the business over 25 years. In fact, Neal was the first reporter to use an iPhone as his primary field production device. Listen in to discover how the journalism industry h...

Eating, drinking and reviewing? It seems like the dream job, right? This week we are joined by Nycci Nellis , the founder and publisher of “The List Are You On It” – one of the premiere resources for all things food and wine in the D.C. area. Nycci explains the vast and ever changing world of food media and how being in the right place at the right time led her to find her niche in D.C. Watch this...

You can often see right through a political journalist’s reporting and easily guess which side of the spectrum they favor… but not with this week’s guest. Tim Boyum is a Political Anchor at Spectrum News 1 in Charlotte, NC and he’s dedicated his reporting to delivering a fair and objective look at North Carolina's politics. Tim is also no stranger to the podcasting mic as the host of his own...

We’re launching After Deadline with a heavy hitter in the journalism world. David Folkenflik is a Media Correspondent at NPR whose reporting is focused on the relationship between the press, politicians, and the general public. David is a seasoned journalist with over 20 years of industry experience and shares how the media landscape has shifted and adapted as a result of politics over the decades...