It's All Journalism

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 early career comparison to Mary Tyler Moore.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Privacy...

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 is as rich and diverse as it's ever been. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy...

P. Kim Bui, director of audience innovation for The Arizona Republic , joins producer Mic hael O'Connell to discuss empathetic journalism and why listening to "real humans" can help newsrooms better serve their readers, viewers and listeners.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for o ur weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privac...

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 Post & Courier 's solution, according to Executive Editor Mitch Pugh, was to take a mini-publisher approach, which mobilized the editorial and sales teams in...

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 civic meetings to help keep journalists informed.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Pri...

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 his account for two days due to a photo printed in a Tennessee newspaper.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for o ur weekly...

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 to move up the ranks in journalism. Keep up with the lastest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter.  See Privacy Pol...

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 of all sizes, around the world, will spend the week highlighting the science of climate change.  Keep up with the lastest news about the It's All Journalism podcast...

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 Amplifier , a biweekly podcast that highlights the region’s diverse music scene in September 2018.  In early 2019, Deutsch wrote a report for the American Press Ins...

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 the News: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Media . Recently, it was announced that he is joining Jeremy Bowe rs' team at The Washington Post to develop a computational...

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 in the past 20 years and where it needs to go next.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#...

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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 2015, Rosen has focused his critical eye on how the press has covered the candidacy and subsequent presidency of Donald Trump, whose effusive and combative style Rosen say...

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 to them is the most important role adults can serve.  See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-...

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 for the American Press Institute 's Better News Initiative. Read his full report here .  The Better News podcast is a partnership between It's All Journalism and...

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. Better News the podcast will appear as special episodes in the It’s All Journalism podcast feed, with the first episode debuting on Thursday, Aug. 1. See Pri...

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 to history. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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 to be ashamed of or unnatural. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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 one leg at a time is an important one for reporters to remember when covering major players in big business. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...

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 of junk. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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 information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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 Bottoms and Ryan Phillips of The Assembly Call; and Paul Gilmartin of the Mental Illness Happy Hour. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California...

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 on the day's events. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

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 case for WTOP News Radio in Washington, D.C., and the challenges they faced turning the story into a 10-part podcast series. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.co...