It's All Journalism

By focusing on the audience funnel, owner and publisher Tom Lappas was able to generate 9,000 email subscribers and generated $34,000 at the Henrico Citizen. Lappas recently wrote a piece for Better News on how other news organizations can grow reader revenue and expand their email subscribers by focusing on the audience funnel. Lappas discusses that with host Michael O’Connell on this week’s Bett...

Elizabeth Shimek of the Campaign Legal Center explains how a law that 72 percent of Arizona voters voted for in 2022 brings transparency to the campaign finance process. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Drew Lindsay, a senior writer at  The Chronicle of Philanthropy , leads  The Commons , a new vertical focusing on the issue of polarization along the lines of political ideology, gender, income, race, geography, culture, and religion. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/...

Executive Director Wesley Wright discusses the  ReNews Project , which funds and/or provides professional assistance to revive dormant student newspapers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities and at Hispanic-Serving Institutions. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphon...

Maya Chupkov, media and democracy program manager at  California Common Cause , discusses a  recently passed resolution  requiring government offices in San Francisco to spend at least half of their advertising and outreach budgets on community and ethnic media outlets. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about...

Jane Ferguson might have dreamed of working for the BBC or CNN as a young reporter, but she encourages young journalists to think beyond the headlines to find the places where their work can be “additive.”  A foreign correspondent for PBS NewsHour and a contributor to the New Yorker, Ferguson was recently named the inaugural winner of the  Neal Conan Prize for Excellence in Journalism  and last ye...

The  Online News Association  recently launched a new  AI in Journalism Initiative  to provide tools and practical training for journalists looking to incorporate artificial intelligence into their reporting. Meghan Murphy, ONA’s director of programs, and Hanaa Rifaey, ONA's head of strategic partnerships, share the details with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell. Visit the It's All Journ...

Galen Stocking, a senior computational social scientist, discusses a new Pew Research Center study that examines the role guest interviews play in the 451 most listened-to podcasts. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gene Sonn and Derrick Cain discuss the Philadelphia Journalism Collaborative , Resolve Philly's latest effort in solutions-oriented journalism and community engagement. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Margot Susca, American University’s first professor of journalism, accountability and democracy, discusses her new book, “Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Help to Destroy America’s Newsrooms." Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Lee , a professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University, is teaching a class on the intersection of pop culture and media. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Lee is the host of the  Truth In This Art  podcast, which examines the intersections of art, culture and community, both in Baltimore, Maryland and beyond. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gameday and digital host for the New York Mets Mike Janela talks about the multimedia skills he's had to master and how important preparation is in staying one step ahead of the person you're interviewing and ready to take the conversation in a new and interesting direction. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more ab...

Benjy Egel became the The  Sacramento Bee’s  food and drink reporter in 2018. For the next five years, he watched the city's culinary scene blossom, attracting Michelin stars and James Beard Award nominations. Egel's reporting drew more than 1,000 new subscribers to The Bee who wanted to learn the latest about Sacramento's new cultural heartbeat. Sacramentans' love for the city's local restaurants...

In order to give the IAJ team some time off to enjoy the holidays with their families, we're revisiting our most popular episodes of 2023.  Last week, we shared the second-most downloaded episode of the year, our interview with Adam Rice, the editor of the  Downtown Albuquerque News. This week, we're featuring our most-downloaded episode of 2023, IAJ host Michael O'Connell's conversation with Anna...

This week and next, the It's All Journalism team is taking some time off to enjoy the holidays and spend time with our loved ones. It's become a tradition that at the end of the year, we like to look back at some of the great conversations we've had. This week we're sharing the second-most downloaded episode of 2023, our interview with Adam Rice, the editor of the  Downtown Albuquerque News.  In a...

Tamar Wilner is a postdoctorate fellow at UT Austin’s School of information, where she works on Co-Designing for Trust National Science Foundation-funded project aimed at tackling the misinformation crisis. She and Valérie Belair-Gagnon recently  wrote a report  for Nieman Lab on the disconnect between what journalists experience in the newsroom and what academic researchers understand about the n...

Andie Crossan and Britney Dennison coauthored  The Empowerment Journalism Guide . Crossan talks to It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about how empowerment journalism can help newsrooms produce “community-engaged reporting.” Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adc...

One of the most important missions a local news organization has is covering local politics and elections. However, with shrinking staffs and limited resources, many digital media outlets struggle to effectively achieve this mission. David Plazas, director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee, recently wrote a study for the Better News initiative on how  The Tennessean  cr...

Angelica Amegashie, Andrew Herbst, and Beatrice Amune are members of the student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists at William Paterson University . The chapter was recently named SPJ’s chapter of the year. They discuss their hopes and concerns for journalism's future. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Le...

Cyrus Norcross is a former Army Ranger turned Navajo journalist who covers indigenous affairs, specifically missing and murdered indigenous people. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kamaria Roberts, the deputy director of local news transformation at the American Press Institute , highlights the work API has done over the last year through its Better News Initiative and what may be in store for 2024. The  Better News  podcast is a partnership between  It’s All Journalism  and the  American Press Institute  to a) showcase innovative/experimental ideas that emerge from the  Kni...

Andrea Wenzel, associate professor at  Temple University’s Klein College of Media and Communication  and the director of Temple’s master of journalism program, discusses her new book " Antiracist Journalism: The Challenge of Creating Equitable Local News ." Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choice...

Amy Mitchell is the new executive director of the  Center for News, Technology & Innovation , which seeks to encourage independent and sustainable media, maintain an open internet and foster informed public policy conversations.  Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

Josh Shepperd, an associate professor in the College of Media, Communication and Information at the University of Colorado - Boulder, discusses his new book, " Shadow of the New Deal : The Victory of Public Broadcasting." Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices