Reynolds HotBox

Reynolds Sandbox reporter Faith Evans speaks with internet attorney Andrew Jaffe about chatroom scammers, international internet law, and the perils of the fine print in privacy policies.

Reynolds Sandbox reporters Alexandra Rush and Rachel Jackson look into street photography, safety measures and evolving ethics while taking photos in public.

Two Reynolds Sandbox journalists Christion and Sean, a self described "nerdiest" person in his family, look into some of their favorite places for nerds, both for over 21s, including The Glass Die and Press Start, and for the all age crowd, including Coffee N' Comics, Cap'n Games. Listen to full episode to find out which is their favorite one.

With a surge of hate crimes against the AAPI community rising rapidly, co-hosts and #rsjlab Reynolds Sandbox reporters Jade and Ashlyn discuss what it means to be an Asian in 2021. The two discuss their personal experiences being Asian-Americans, opening up about their struggles and feelings about the current crimes happening against the AAPI community. They delve into media coverage of the recent...

HotBox hits the courts as Johanna and Sean join host Matt to discuss March Madness, from upsets to unequal treatment of women's teams.

Co hosts Matt and Johanna look at the ins and outs of working in Reno's restaurant industry during the pandemic and adapting.

Matt hosts Johanna and Sean as they look into some of their own subculture reporting in Reno and from their Reynolds Media Lab newsroom colleagues, from being a sportswriter during a pandemic to different subsets of local student skateboard culture.

Matt Hanifan interviews Johanna Guerrero about a recent Nevada Humanities event about white supremacy she covered for the Reynolds Sandbox. Her article here: https://medium.com/the-reynolds-media-lab/white-supremacy-the-threat-to-democracy-and-manifest-destiny-74e208a9ac69

Emilie Rodriguez interviews two other Reynolds School of Journalism students Caitlin Delim and Jaycee Grider who studied abroad right before and during the pandemic, and finds out more about the risks and rewards of having a semester in a foreign country.

In this episode for the Reynolds Hotbox, Montana Lloyd and co-host Mikayla Dance present two up and coming podcasts from this semester’s JOUR 425 Audio and Podcasting class at the Reynolds School of Journalism, discussing what they like from each and giving you a sneak peek as well, highlighting Ali Casey’s The True True Crime Podcast and Lauren Turner’s Debunking the Sexes podcast.

Syd Oliver, Seanna Simpson and Kennedy Vincent talk about the latest news in Nevada election results anxiety while breaking down some of the memes about the Silver State flooding the internet.

It's Election Day! Next up is when it gets really exciting. Reynolds HotBox hosts Ian Cook and Wyatt Llaneza talk about what might happen tonight and in the coming weeks. Plus: some interviews with RSJ reporters Kira Hankel and Madeleine Chinery about what they saw at voting stations. Additional reporting by RSJ grad student Richie Bednarski.

Host Gracie Gordon speaks with Nevada Vote reporter Austin Daly on a contentious and polarized race for the at large council seat in Reno as the #NevadaVote takes a closer look at local races and state ballot questions. Find our web reporting at Reynolds Sandbox on Twitter and Instagram, rsjvote on Medium and nvvote.com.

Ian Cook previews some of our reporting this week, from Alina Croft on the scene of early voting in Reno, and some of the demographic specific groups our Nevada Vote team looked into, from white suburban moms to Asian-Americans and the COVID-19 economically impacted. Check out all these articles via our medium.com/rsjvote or nvvote.com.

Faith Evans joins host Sydney Oliver to discuss their recent reporting on Indigenous People's Day of Rage in a context of diversifying voices in the media as well as other Reynolds Sandbox reporting on COVID-19 diaries from a respiratory therapist to a cosmetologist.

Sydney Oliver hosts Catherine Schofield to discuss the impact of body modifications for workers and would be workers, how it affects their standing in earning money, and then talks to Neith Pereira about whitewashing culture on TikTok, and recent manifestations of that, pun intended. This is to highlight the recent explainer journalism from the Reynolds Sandbox and two examples of our student orie...

Reynolds Sandbox Host Ian Cook and guests Alina Croft and Gracie Gordon present a partial audio version of the Nevada Vote voter guide which can be found on nvvote.com This episode includes a rundown of Reno City Council races.

Ian Cook talks debate strategy with Henry Stone and Gracie Gordon, ahead of tonight's Trump vs. Biden election debate, taking a closer look at polls and which way Nevada's voters might be going.

As part of a week of Reynolds Sandbox reporting on subcultures in Reno, Kate Behring, Sydney Oliver and Neith Pereira look into two of the topics they delved into themselves: body modifications and skating.

Henry Stone and Nico Colombant join new Reynolds Hotbox podcast host Ian Cook to present the 2020 #NevadaVote initiative, and they discuss whether journalists should be advocates, whether voting will be "hazardous" and some lighter moments of reporting research mixed in with promos for our other social media which now include Snapchat and TikTok.

Todd Felts, an Assistant Professor of Strategic Communication at the University of Nevada, Reno, has recently been researching the communication strategy of Turning Point USA, a controversial right-wing organization. He says one of the methods of this group, which has been actively recruiting on college campuses, is to create "pre-constructed anxiety" before events. Their current leader Charlie Ki...

Michelle Baker is a recent graduate from the Reynolds School of Journalism who has a passion for audio and podcasting. She recently attended Werk It: A Women’s Podcast Festival. The L.A. event had successful women in the audio industry talk about the importance of including women and other minorities in audio, trends and tips for getting started and how to make money in the podcasting realm. Those...

Ben Deach is a reporter and weekend anchor for KOLO 8, a local Reno TV news station. Deach can be seen on TV chasing wildfires, covering parole of infamous people like O.J. Simpson or doing an ongoing series on historical sights. In this episode of the Reynolds Hotbox podcast, host Lucia Starbuck and cohost Jordyn Griffin, a KOLO 8 Weekend Editor, talk to Deach about career highlights, what it’s l...

Wenei Philimon transferred to the Reynolds School of Journalism in the Spring of 2019. Her mom was the one who suggested the idea, citing Philimon’s concern for people and her interest in their plight. In this episode of the Reynolds Hotbox, host Lucia Starbuck and co-host Scott King talk to Philimon about her first two articles for the Reynolds Sandbox and her newfound career goal: investigative...

Assistant Professor of Spanish Language Media Dr. Ezequiel Korin discusses his recent paper, Technological Bridging: Exploring the Use of Communications Technologies Amid the Diasporic Experience. The paper published this year in the Qualitative Inquiry journal is an auto-ethnographical research paper which posits that the shift to digital communication technology is making interactions between pe...