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It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Mollie Muchna of TrustingNews.org and the Arizona Daily Star to discuss what newsrooms should be doing to provide useful, beneficial and trustworthy updates on coronavirus without overwhelming their audience.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Privacy...

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Melanie Deziel, brand storytelling consultant and founder of Storyfuel , to discuss her new book, Content Fuel Framework , about how storytellers have more ways to tell stories than ever and why that can be intimidating.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See...

KCUR.org, the website for Kansas City's public media station, made a concerted effort from 2014-18 to expand its arts coverage. It even had two-full-time reporters on the arts beat. When one of these reporters switched to another beat, freelancers filled in to make up the gap.  Despite all of these efforts, web traffic suggested KCUR readers were not all that interested in the website's arts cover...

For our 400th episode, It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by our first guest, Amy Eisman of American University's School of Communication , to discuss how things have changed in ways large and small and why real, fact-based journalism has never been more important.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Se...

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Michael Kirby, managing editor for the video and transcript production company FedNet, which provides news materials for outlets across the country and around the world in new and innovative ways. With FedNetNI.com , you can access live text feeds of press conference from Capitol Hill. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All...

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.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy N...

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 visited the U.S. to share their experiences and learn how podcasts are made in America. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our wee...

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 treats.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and...

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 big portions of audiences out of the headlines.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Privacy...

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 without being bothered by trolls. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at htt...

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. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Priv...

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 racist thought might be the only way to move society forward.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsle...

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 trust and recognition in facts and evidence among policy makers and citizens alike, as opinion gets louder and harder to discern in media.  Keep up with the latest n...

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 in Washington for the DC Homeless Crisis Reporting Project and why they wanted to dedicate time, space and resources to the issue.  Keep up with the late...

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 the First Amendment.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19...

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 the country.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.co...

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 abuse through his charitable organization, as well as the university’s lack of action in response to the original allegations. She discusses her latest project — t...

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 year to double their contribution to small newsrooms across the country via NewsMatch . Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for...

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.  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/privacy and California...

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 for its coverage of the Ku Klux Klan in 1953. Les High is the third-generation owner of The News Reporter. His grandfather, Leslie S. Thompson, bought the paper i...

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 the toxic online culture that sprang out of a website created for fans of Japanese animation and how it's impacted the real world, including the 2016 presidential electio...

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 Discussion on the Future of Local News. The Nov. 18 discussion coincided with the release of a new report by Gallup and the Knight Foundation looking at the importan...

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 newsrooms can poke holes in too-good-to-be-true reporting and how hiring people from a variety of backgrounds provides better and deeper coverage.  Keep up with the...

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 and similar professionals. 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://...

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 January. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and C...