It's All Journalism

As the U.S. marks the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, It's All Journalism is reposting our 2022 interview with Tia Mitchell, the Washington correspondent for The Atlanta Journal Constitution . Tia was in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, when it was being stormed by supporters of former President Donald Trump. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign...

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Kat Downs Mulder, the former chief production officer and managing editor at The Washington Post. This interview was originally recorded on Feb. 24, 2022 as a Facebook Live Event celebration It's All Journalism's 500th episode. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, list...

Zainab Shah, director of engagement and audience at THE CITY , and It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talk about what the upheaval at Twitter means for newsrooms. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts , PodcastOne , Soundcloud , or Stitcher.   Learn more about your ad choic...

Nick Hirshon, a journalism professor at William Paterson University in New Jersey talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about a special issue of the academic journal  American Journalism on the history of investigative reporting.

From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution's Unapologetically ATL newsletter to the work of Nuestro Estado in covering the Spanish-speaking population in South Carolina, Better News has shared stories about newsrooms finding new audiences and growing sustainable revenue to better serve their communities.  Where else are you going to hear about how a 1-pound bag of coffee helped a legacy newspaper in Ne...

Liz Robbins, director of journalism partnerships for Define American , discusses how newsrooms covering demographic changes in North Carolina have created a model for others to follow and reimagine immigration news for their own communities. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts ,...

The Salt Lake Tribune has been covering the Utah community for 151 years. Ever since the newspaper shifted to a nonprofit model three years ago, it's been looking for innovative ways to identify new audiences and turn print subscribers into digital subscribers. One area of success for the Tribune is its unique reporting on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, exemplified by the work of...

Jennifer Hefty, social and emerging platforms strategist for the USA Today Network, and Kara Chiles, senior vice president of consumer products for Gannett, talk to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how they leveraged the SMS platform Subtext to text breaking news and public safety updates to their audience during Hurricane Ian. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journa...

Prism, an independent, nonprofit newsroom led by journalists of color, recently adopted a four-day work week for its employees. Editor-in-Chief Ashton Lattimore tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how the idea sprang from Prism's own reporting and how the change has improved the work-life balance of its employees. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sig...

Galen Stocking, a senior computational social scientist on the Journalism Research Team at the Pew Research Center, talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about Pew’s recent report : The Role of Alternative Social Media in the News and Information Environment. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen to...

Lisa Macpherson, a senior policy analyst at Public Knowledge , explains why the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act may not make competition for ad revenue online more equitable for publishers. In fact, it might make things worse. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts , Goo...

Media critics often fault the news industry for only covering bad news. While William Randolph Hearst may have coined the concept “If it bleeds, it leads,” that sentiment is not shared by those journalists working hard to make the community they’re covering a better place for their audience to live. Case in point, the Arizona Daily Star recently flipped the narrative and added solutions-oriented r...

A new study from the Institute for Nonprofit News looking at compensation among member organizations reveals some good news about employee pay and benefits. Courtney Lewis, INN’s chief of growth programs, shares all the details with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen...

Matt DeRienzo discusses the Center for Public Integrity's new 50-state plus D.C. investigation of how voting access has become less equitable since the 2020 election and what that bodes for next Tuesday's mid-term elections. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Play , Pod...

Collette Watson and Diamond Hardiman of the  Free Press  discuss how  Media 2070  seeks to empower Black journalists and others from marginalized communities to create and control the distribution of their own stories. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Play , PodcastOn...

Author Samuel “Chris” Spitale talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell the rise disinformation, the need for media literacy, and his new book: “ How to Win the War on Truth: An Illustrated Guide to How Mistruths are Sold, Why They Stick and How to Reclaim Reality ." Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen...

Mary McNeil is a former editor and writer for the Congressional Quarterly, talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about her new biography of Wallace Carroll and what today's journalist's can learn from this pioneering editor's life. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcast...

Alissa Quart discusses how the Economic Hardship Reporting Project supports the reporting of nontraditional journalists and helps them find outlets to co-publish their work in order to reach a wider audience. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Play , PodcastOne , Soundc...

Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Play , PodcastOne , Soundcloud , or Stitcher.  

After 40 years as a broadcaster, Susan Murphy started VOSOT, a vocal coaching business to help broadcasters and journalists find their voice. Murphy talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about ways reporters can prepare for their next podcast, livestream or TV panel appearance. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter...

The Buffalo News, which has been providing news and information to Western New York since 1880, was looking for a way to connect with readers beyond the seven-day print newspaper.  Brian Connolly and Geoff Nason recently wrote a case study for API's Better News initiative about how the newspaper leveraged its staff’s expertise on the city's NFL franchise to build engagement and generate sponsorshi...

Teresa Gorman talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how the Democracy Fund's Public Square program is building ecosystems to solve the problem of news deserts. It's also promoting equity by identifying funding for newsrooms that cover marginalized and overlooked communities. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newslet...

David Plotz, long-time host of Slate Magazine's  Political Gabfest podcast, discusses how  City Cast is making smart, daily, local news podcasts and newsletters to help their listeners become better and more curious citizens.  Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Play , P...

Carolina Public Press reporter Shelby Harris investigates how localities in North Carolina are spending American Rescue Plan Act funds on the latest episode of It's All Journalism . Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts , Google Play , PodcastOne , Soundcloud , or Stitcher.  

Fernando Soto started  Nuestro Estado to provide resources and information about hurricanes to Spanish-speaking residents in Charleston, S.C. As demand increased for this information, Soto, the website's CEO and publisher, faced a huge problem. How could Nuestro Estado scale up to meet the needs of its rapidly growing audience? Recently, Soto wrote a case study for Better News about how Nuestro Es...