It's All Journalism

Anna Lind-Guzik, executive editor of The Conversationalist and host of the Unbreaking Media podcast, talks about what can be learned by examining culture and politics through an intersectional feminist lens. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kate McQueen is the editor of the Prison Newspaper Project and shares the inside story of the voices from the inside of America's prisons on the latest episode of It's All Journalism. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Hedgepeth is president and CEO of Substantial Media LLC, a Black-owned and operated online subscription-based platform that promotes the "substantial lifestyle" as a way to inspire and uplift its Black audience. Better News recently published a report written by Hedgepeth about Substantial Magazine’s journey to sustainable revenue and growth through partnerships and highly selective content for targeted audiences. Read the full report here. Hedgepeth discusses Substantial Media's mission and the strategies it uses to grow its audience among the Black community with Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The LGBTQ+ community is once again in the crosshairs of the political debate in the U.S. John Casey, senior editor at the Advocate, discusses how journalists could be doing a better job of covering LGBTQ+ issues. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his documentary Reimagining Safety, Matthew Solomon explores the false premise that more police and more prisons makes us safer. He also provides practical and actionable solutions toward achieving systems of safety that work for everyone. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julie Christie, director of data and special projects at Resolve Philly, discusses how her newsroom partnered with Chicago's City Bureau Documenters Network to recruit, train and pay Philadelphians to attend and take notes at public meetings across the city. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peabody Award-winning journalist Sally Lehrman talks about founding The Trust Project and how the nonprofit global consortium of news organizations is tackling the crisis of trust and misinformation in the media industry. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carmen Gentile, founder and editor at large of Postindustrial, explains how the independent, journalism-first, multimedia news outlet covers the areas in the United States that were once deemed highly industrialized. While some communities continue to struggles, others are finding new ways to thrive. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Benn, senior director of special projects and communications at the Philadelphia Inquirer, and Emily Babay, coverage editor on the Inquirer’s Now Team, discuss the “Up for Review,” policy in which the paper reexamines stories that caused significant harm when they were first reported. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The American Press Institute recently hosted a panel discussion with alumni from the Tables Stakes Local News Transformation Program about how journalists can build trust with rural communities. Joy Mayer of Trusting News moderated the panel, which included Sarah Nagem of the Border Belt Independent, Hadley Hitson of the Montgomery Advertiser, and Danny McArthur of Gulf States Newsroom. This episode of the Better News podcast features audio from the panel, in which Joy and her guests discuss strategies they've used to foster trust with their rural audiences. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Assembly, a digital magazine about the people, institutions, and ideas that shape North Carolina, recently partnered with The Food Section, a newsletter on the Substack platform that covers food and drink in the American South. Kyle Villemain and Hanna Raskin, founders of The Assembly and The Food Section, respectively, discuss what their partnership means for the Carolinas and beyond. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Cohn, senior director of the AlphaGroup tech/media incubator and the co-founder and chief strategy officer of Subtext, says artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT won't be taking journalists jobs, at least not anytime soon. But there are still vital roles for journalists to play as AI programs become more commonplace in the newsroom. 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, Soundcloud, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amanda Denise tells what it's like navigating her first news market after she switched careers in her early 30s to become a television news reporter and weekend anchor at WCTI and WYDO in Eastern Carolina. 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, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Steven Gaither launched HBCU Gameday in 2012 on Facebook and Twitter to highlight sports and culture at Historically Black Colleges and Universities. A few years later, TV sportscaster Tolly Carr joined Gaither and helped to grow the brand across multiple platforms. Recently, Carr wrote a report for Better News about how HBCU Gameday, which started out as passion project, has grown into a profitable business. Read the report. In this episode of Better News, host Michael O'Connell talks to Carr about what got him interested in sports broadcasting in the first place, what attracted him to HBCU Gameday, and what advice he'd give to other media entrepreneurs who wish to take their passion project to the next level. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tracy Baim explains how the Chicago Reader found success not only by identifying new revenue streams but also by prioritizing diversity in its newsroom staff and leadership. 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, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Baynard Woods discusses reporting on police corruption in Baltimore and the new documentary based on the book he coauthored with Brandon Soderberg, "I Got a Monster: The Rise and Fall of America's Most Corrupt Police Squad." 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, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Investigative reporter Samantha Sunne, who co-authored with Mike Reilley "Data Plus Journalism: A Story-Driven Approach to Learning Data Reporting," shares tips on how journalists can use data to add more depth and context to their reporting. 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, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Katie Searles, an associate professor of political communication at Louisiana State University, recently co-authored “Constructing Political Expertise in the News” with Yanna Krupnikov, John Barry Ryand and Hillary Style. The book takes a look at, among other things, what types of political experts are most likely to be on a journalist's “roster of expert sources.” 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, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Thanks to a Freedom Forum grant through Journalism Funding Partners, The Tennessean recently hired Angele Latham as a reporter focused full-time on First Amendment issues. Latham talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how well reporters and the general public know their First Amendment rights. 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, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell remembers Mandy Jenkins, a long-time friend of the podcast who died Sunday in her hometown of Zanesville, Ohio. To honor Mandy's memory, we're reposting the audio from our last interview with her from February 2019. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jim Iovino, program director for the Scripps Journalism Journey Initiative, and Neal Bennett, senior talent acquisition partner at Scripps, tell It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the project's mission to train experienced print reporters for broadcast careers. 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, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Independent journalist Emeri Burks interviewed 12 journalists as part of her masters degree work for the University of Missouri School of Journalism.The Donald J. Reynolds Journalism Institute recently published Burks' report about the media industry’s racial reckoning in the aftermath of George Floyd's death. 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, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Newsletters have become an essential tool for news outlets to share their stories and engage readers. But coming up with a successful newsletter strategy can be difficult. How often should you send a newsletter? How many newsletters are too many? Should you send your newsletters to every subscriber or split your mailing list into different groups? What constitutes a breaking news alert? To find answers to those questions, Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell talks to Cameron Songer, the newsletter editor at the San Antonio Express News. Recently, Songer and Randi Stevenson, the Express News' executive producer, wrote a report for the Better News initiative about how the Express News streamlined its newsletter process and found a way to funnel more people to its digital site. Read the full report. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Cristi Hegranes talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how Global Press is working to increase the number of local women journalists in some of the world’s least covered places to tell stories that are rarely heard. 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, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alex Pan is one of the founders of Storipress, a new publishing platform that’s being billed as the alternative Wordpress that's designed for publications and media. Pan talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how Storipress is sort of the love child of Squarespace, Trello, Google Docs and Substack. 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, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna Robertson, co-founder and chief content officer of The Cool Down, talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how the website is laser-focused on fighting pollution and filling the gaps that other news outlets leave out when covering climate. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, listen, download and subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Way back when, it wasn’t uncommon for small towns to have their own newspapers, filled with the stories and goings-on that mattered to people who lived there. Peter Rice has recreated that concept for the digital age and thinks this is the way more news outlets should operate. “Local news should be like a friend you enjoy catching up with occasionally. It should not be a helicopter parent that won’t leave you alone, which is unfortunately the model ad-supported media have to use,” says Rice, editor of the Downtown Albuquerque News. “Newsletters are a kinder, gentler way to satisfy customers and make money.” Rice started his publication, affectionately called DAN, in the summer of 2019 after being “infuriated or angered at some point” in the early 2000s about the decline of newspapers and “the almost self-immolation of the news business. I couldn’t escape the suspicion that the business was not as hard as the industry was making it look. It was very clear it had to change.” While newspapers went online, keeping their content free and hoping advertisers would come with them, Rice thought there had to be a better way, especially because “the overhead of the news business was about to go way down. Distributing digital media is about 3 percent of the cost of the old model, which literally involved loggers and truckers.” Why not just give people their local news, ask them to pay for it, and kick advertisers to the curb? “If these papers could convert even a third or a half of their subscriber base, which was already in the habit of paying for news, if they could just get them to continue paying for news in a different format, in retrospect we could’ve avoided a lot of the carnage we’ve seen in American newsrooms and all these news deserts that have been so depressing and threatening of self-government in general,” he says. And that’s how DAN started. ‘It’s. ‘It’s basically just a dead-simple business model that I thought they should’ve been using all along. It is the old-fashioned business model, it’s just very low overhead, because the technology takes out the printing and the ink and the distribution cost for the most part. What do you have when you have the old newspaper model with no advertising and no overhead? You’ve got readers paying money for news.” 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, Audible, Amazon, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hearst Newspapers recently finished a year-long national investigation of how schools across the U.S. routinely restrain students or keep them in seclusion. It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talked to the team from the Times Union in Albany, New York about the investigation. 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Oklahoman built a reputation as the state's newspaper of record by covering the Oklahoma City community for more than 100 years. However, with several changes in ownership in recent years leading to staff cuts and a decline in print readership, the paper's fortunes have reversed. Better News recently published a report written by The Oklahoman's business editor, David Dishman, on how the legacy newspaper has transformed itself from within and successfully shifted its focus away from print and toward growing its digital audience. Read the Report. Dishman talks to Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell about some of the strategies the paper employed to help a staff steeped in print traditions adopt a digital-first approach. One strategy even included playing softball and kickball to bring reporters together as a team. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. On Jan. 6, 2021, Tia was in the U.S. Capitol, expecting to cover the actions of several Georgia lawmakers who said they planned to challenge the certification of the 2020 presidential election. The day turned out to be much different from what Tia — and most of the rest of the country — had anticipated. Tia shared her experience of being a reporter inside the U.S. Capitol as it was being stormed by supporters of former President Donald Trump. In addition to our 2022 interview, this week’s episode includes a conversation I had with Tia in December. We catch up on what’s been going on with her and what Jan. 6, 2021 looks like two years later Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 New Hampshire grow its subscriber list? In this special year-end episode, Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell talks to Kamaria Roberts, the deputy director of local news transformation at the American Press Institute. Roberts highlights the work API has done over the last year through its Better News Initiative and what may be in store for 2023. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 managing editor David Noyce and senior religion reporter Peggy Fletcher Stack. The duo produce a weekly podcast and newsletter under the Tribune's Mormon Land mini-brand. Better News recently published a study written by Danyelle White, the Tribune's vice president of strategic initiatives and community engagement, and digital media manager Eve Rickles-Young. They talk to Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell about how the Mormon Land beat identified a national audience that is financially supporting their work through Patreon. Read the Report. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 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 choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 our podcast on Apple Podcasts, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 reporting to its coverage. Rather than reporting on the problems of the community, the Daily Star's solutions reporter Caitlin Schmidt is writing about how people are trying to fix those problems. Caitlin and Editor Jill Jorden Spitz recently wrote a case study for Better News about the Star’s solutions-oriented reporting. Caitlin joins Better News host Michael O’Connell to share the details. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 sponsorships through social videos. Nason and fellow News staffers Mark Gaughan and Danielle Ossher join Better News host Michael O'Connell to discuss the first season of Buffalo Bills PlayAction videos they produced. Read the case study. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 newsletter. Also, listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Estado increased capacity to ensure the information it published was accurate, timely and culturally competent in order to better serve its Spanish-speaking audience. Read the case study. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

While much of the journalism talk in Baltimore has been about the Banner, the Baltimore Beat returned as a biweekly print newspaper on Wednesday . Editor-in- Chief Lisa Snowden shares how the Beat plans to tell the stories of this majority Black city 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 to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For the first time ever, the Pew Research Center asked journalists what they thought of their industry and how satisfied they were with the work they're doing. Senior researcher Jeff Gottfried 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 to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Internews has helped foster independent media organizations across the globe, including places like Afghanistan and the Ukraine. Jeanne Bourgault tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how Internews is helping to create financially viable and sustainable media around the world. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sandro Gigauri tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how Myth Detector identifies misinformation and works with Facebook to verify false stories and keep fake news from spreading. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Orato World Media CEO Pamela Say and Sam Yehia, the website's founder and publisher, about how Orato uses first-person journalism to report real stories from around the world. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Like many older metropolitan newspapers, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution had a problem. After years of looking for readers in the suburbs, the paper found that its majority white audience failed to reflect the true diversity of Atlanta. Due to its role in civil rights history and the contributions of local artists, entertainers, and musicians, the city has become a center for Black culture. The Journal-Constitution needed to find a way to engage more Black readers. Najja Parker, newsletter coach at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, talks about a report she wrote for the Better News about how the Journal Constitution grew engagement with Black audiences through the Unapologetically ATL newsletter. Read the report. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grady Tripp and Eric Valadez are the chief diversity officer and content director, respectively, for TEGNA Inc. They tell It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the development and implementation of TEGNA's companywide Inclusive Journalism Program. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kassondra Cloos discusses what it takes to become a successful freelance travel writer with It's All Journalism producer Amelia Brust. To learn more about Cloos' work, subscribe to her Out of Office newsletter. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Richard Lee tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University used hybrid journalism to bring academic expertise to the masses during the pandemic. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrea Bernstein and Ilya Marritz had already explored the presidency of Donald Trump with their Trump, Inc. podcast for WNYC, but the events of Jan. 6, 2021 showed there was more to the story. Bernstein talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about Will Be Wild, which examines what led up to the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Luisa Wiewgorra went from being a student dreaming about working for a radio station in her hometown in Germany to covering local stories as a television reporter for Fox 47 News in Lansing, Michigan. Wiewgorra shares her story 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 to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Documentarian Don Colacino discusses "Trusted Sources," his in-depth look at the decline of trust in news and those working to restore it, 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 to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Haynes is editor of the Ideas Lab, a solutions journalism effort at the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He and It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell discuss how newsrooms have changed over the last 25 years and how the Ideas Lab evolved to serve the Journal Sentinel's current 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, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Travel journalist Kira Brunner Don tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how Stranger's Guide. explores the power of place-based journalism to break down stereotypes and foster global citizenship. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

High school journalists Oliver Tam, Georgia Russello and Cristina Steffanizi talk to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about what they've learned working for the student-owned Pelham Examiner, which covers the town of Pelham, New York. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week's episode, Dovid Efune, publisher of The New York Sun, talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell what's wrong with American journalism and how The Sun aims to restore trust in journalism and newspapers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jourdan Bennett-Begaye tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how Indian Country Today built a database to help provide vital pandemic information to Indigenous communities across the country. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jesse Holcomb, an assistant professor in journalism and communication at Calvin University, discusses a recent study looking at how well local news outlets are covering education. He tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell the study revealed some surprises when it came to how local newsrooms covered the pandemic. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Soledad O'Brien discusses her career journey from an internship at WBZ-TV in Boston to becoming a correspondent at CNN and documentarian at HBO to launching the Everyday Wealth podcast and starting her own production company. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dan Rottenberg, author of The Education of a Journalist: My 70 Years on the Frontiers of Free Speech, tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell there’s always going to be a need for journalists, especially now when truth is under attack. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Former It's All Journalism producer Megan Cloherty and Luke Garrett produce DMV Download for WTOP, the 24-hour, all-news radio station in Washington, D.C. They discuss the challenges of launching a locally focused, daily news podcast 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 to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

it's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell shares a special podcast announcement. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sisi Wei is co-executive director of OpenNews, which is helping to build more equitable future for journalism. In March, OpenNews marked the one year anniversary of the DEI Coalition for anti-racist, equitable and just 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, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Since the 2016 election, 100 Days in Appalachia has been working with local voices to apply a cultural lens to national stories about the the Appalachian region. The 100 Days team's reporting, which covers 13 states, earned it a 2021 Edward R. Murrow Award. Although 100 Days originated as a university-incubated collaborative media project, the newsroom recognized it needed to identify new streams of revenue beyond grants in order to become fully self-sustaining. Editor In Chief Dana Coester and Executive Editor Ashton Marra recently wrote a report for Better News on how 100 Days began experimenting with reader revenue and community membership to move beyond philanthropy. Read the Report. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joanne Griffith is the chief content officer of the American Public Media Group's APM Studios. The talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about her role overseeing APM Studios’ editorial vision and brand voice. They also discuss why it makes sense for newsrooms to make diversity part of everything they do. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Naseem Miller writes about health and medicine for The Journalist’s Resource at Shorenstein Center at Harvard Kennedy School. She's also the cofounder of the Journalists Covering Trauma Facebook group. She talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about resources to help reporters to diversify sourcing in their coverage of health and medicine, as well has how to deal with trauma. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liz Bowie and Justin Fenton discuss the soon-to-be launched Baltimore Banner, an all-digital news outlet focused on covering Maryland's largest city. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gannett’s Knoxville News Sentinel in Tennessee got a wake-up call that prompted its newsroom to rethink how the paper covered the city's Black community. With the help of former Better News guest Cynthia Benjamin, the News Sentinel paired a free one-year subscription with a Facebook group to create the Digital Advisory Group or "The DAG" for short. Joel Christopher and Brenna McDermott, the News Sentinel's executive editor and the newsroom’s growth and development editor, respectively, wrote a report about the DAG for the Better News Initiative. They Better News host Michael O'Connell how The DAG helped to transform their newsroom and diversify their coverage. Read the full report. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Billy Warden is a Raleigh-based marketing executive, writer and musician. He specializes in writing features from a first-person, immersive perspective. He shares what it's like reporting from inside a nudist community and as a performer in a drag queen review. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A new study from the Pew Research Center looks at the state of statehouse reporting in the U.S. and comes away with some good news and not-so-good news. Katerina Eva Matsa, Pew's associate director of research, shares the details. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Arlo Malmberg, manager of the Discovery Program at the University of California-Berekely, and Lisa Pickoff-White, a data reporter at KQED, discuss the California Reporting Project's efforts making public data about possible police misconduct. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ms. Magazine debuted in 1972, charting a new path in journalism, centering on feminist voices and concerns. Executive Editor Katherine Spillar discusses how Ms. is marking its 50th anniversary and what that will mean for the magazine’s next 50 years. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Will Medina, director of sales and marketing at Prensa Arizona, and Dana M. Peck, director of digital solutions at The AFRO, discuss how the Google New Initiative's Ad Transformation Lab helped them identify new streams of sustainable revenue. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amos Gelb is the founder and publisher of DC Witness and Baltimore Witness, which combine journalism, transparency and data to ensure accountability of the criminal justice system in Washington D.C. and Baltimore. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paid circulation has always been a part of The Keene Sentinel's revenue stream, but the New Hampshire paper recently pivoted to focus on growing its digital subscriptions. Chief Operating Officer Terrence Williams wrote a report for Better News about how 1 pound of coffee helped The Sentinel reduce its digital subscriber churn and raise online revenue. Read the report. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Meera Senthilingam discusses CNN International's “White Lies: Exposing the Dangers of Skin Whitening,” a series focusing on the problem of colorism across the globe. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our 500th episode, It's All Journalism is sharing our April 2013 interview with Kat Downs Mulder, who is the Washington Post's chief product officer and managing editor, a role that spans newsroom digital teams and product and engineering teams. When the IAJ team first interviewed Kat, she had an information designer/news designer in the Post's graphics department. Livestream Interview: Kat Downs Mulder of The Washington Post When: Thursday, Feb. 24, 12 noon Eastern Time. REGISTER ON ZOOM to view the livestream and ask Kat questions. View live on the It’s All Journalism Facebook page. 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, Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kat Downs was one of the guests we interviewed in the first year of the podcast. Way back then, she was a designer in the Washington Post's graphics department. Now, she's the third woman among the news organization's four managing editors. As we were planning the livestream event and identified Kat as the person I wanted to interview, the IAJ team decided it would be fitting to post our 2013 interview with Kat, in which she talks about how the newspaper covered the arrest of the Boston Marathon bombers the week before. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Livestream Interview: Kat Downs Mulder of The Washington Post When: Thursday, Feb. 24, 12 noon Eastern Time. REGISTER ON ZOOM to view the livestream and ask Kat questions. View live on the It’s All Journalism Facebook page. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Victor Hernandez, chief content officer at Boston’s NPR news station WBUR, went back to school to bolster his digital skills. In the process, he wrote the “Philanthropy & Newsroom Positions Playbook," which serves as a guide on how journalists can find funding to help them support their journalism efforts. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Singer discusses the GBH News Center for Investigative Reporting's successful effort that expose unfair practices at the state and local level in Massachusetts to routinely exclude minority-owned businesses from receiving millions of dollars in government contracts. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AccuWeather’s Paul Lentz and McDavid Stoddard of SmartNews discuss how their companies partnered to provided readers more personalized, timely weather reporting and launched the Hurricane “Disaster Info Hub." 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell interviews Ed Shanahan and Agnes Lee of the Metropolitan Diary, a daily column featuring stories about New York City written by readers of The New York Times. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In most people’s minds 24-hour news means cable news, which many see as hour after hour of politically slanted coverage. In October, the E.W. Scripps Company decided to change all that by converting Newsy into a 24-hour broadcast news channel without a political slant. Eric Ludgood, head of Newsy, shares 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 to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Entrepreneur Lacy Starling divested her holdings from a $30 million logistics business in 2020 to pursue her passion for journalism. Now the president and CEO of OneNYK Alliance, Starling is focusing her business chops on creating a sustainable news platform to cover Northern Kentucky. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Tia Mitchell is the Washington correspondent for The Atlanta Journal Constitution and chair of the National Association of Black Journalists' Political Task Force. She was in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and tells It's All Jouranlism about a day that quickly got out of hand. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, we’re happy to share with our listeners an update on the most popular episode of It’s All Journalism of 2021: The Prison Journalism Project, an initiative to help people who are behind bars and have a passion for writing to find a wider audience and change the conversation about life in prison. Our Best Of 2021 episode includes an update from Shaheen Pasha and Yukari Kane, the founders of the Prison Journalism Project. 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 Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're pleased to revisit the 10 most popular episodes of It's All Journalism from 2021 as an end-of-the-year gift to our listeners. We've covered a lot of ground this year, with a focus on the ever-changing journalism landscape in terms of student press, unions and buyouts, and people who come to journalism and media from all walks of life and views on creativity. Every year, we find a few podcasts that really stood out. This year, our second-most popular episode featured the ambitious list of 110 journalism movies as assembled by Quill Magazine and the Midwest Film Review to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Society of Professional Journalists. Unsurprisingly, the list sparked a lively debate and the editors have added to it, with the total number of films listed now approaching 150. Quill editor Lou Harry was kind enough to provide us an update on the project. Be sure to check back next week when we revisit our most popular episode of the year. 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 Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rebekah Sanders and Megan Taros are both members of the union that represents employees of The Arizona Republic. They talk to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about a recent study that shows Gannett underpays women and journalists of color across the company's many 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 Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kamaria Roberts, the new deputy director of local news transformation at the American Press Institute, joins host Michael O'Connell in a year-end review of the Better News podcast. They listen to clips from past interviews and discuss how they demonstrate the successful application of strategies developed by newsrooms in the Table Stakes Local News Transformation program and featured on BetterNews.org. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sam Greenspan is the creator of Bellwether, a limited podcast series telling real reported stories inside a speculative fiction framework. Greenspan explains to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how this non-traditional approach to journalistic storytelling illuminates humanity's collisions with technology. 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 Amazon Music, Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A self-described adventure seeker, Marshall Mosher is host of the Inside the Adventure podcast and co-founder of Vestigo, a company that conducts trust and team-building exercises using virtual reality. It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Mosher about how Vestigo has conducted virtual team-building exercises at news organizations like CNN’s Emerging Tech Platforms team. 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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

After 34 years covering the Chinatown crime beat for the largest Chinese language newspaper in the U.S., Portia Li suddenly found herself out of a job. Rather than give up or retire, she decided to launch Wind Newspaper to cover San Francisco's Chinese-American community. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melody Kramer, director of communications and business development with the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, talks with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about her new project, SavingPoliticalSites.org. She explains how most candidate websites stop working shortly after an election, the massive effort required to track and save them and why it matters. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Paul Kleyman, national coordinator of the Journalists Network on Generations and editor of Generations Beat Online, specializes in covering the issues of importance to older Americans. He talks with It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell about why these issues are often missing in mainstream media and how young journalists can find help in the form of fellowships and resources to correct this shortfall. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

James Fahn, executive director of the Earth Journalism Network, talks with It’s All Journalism producer Michael O’Connell about his experiences as an environmental reporter, the importance of thinking outside the box when writing about climate change and the ongoing Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Like many newspapers, The Post and Courier was experiencing a drop-off in local advertising spending, which meant diminishing revenues. However, the Charleston, South Carolina, daily decided to adjust course and focus on philanthropy as a way to pay for its journalism. The new fundraising model proved so successful that The Post and Courier was able to raise $1 million to support a statewide investigative fund and education lab. Executive Editor Autumn Phillips recently wrote a report for API's Better News initiative about The Post and Courier's stellar fundaising effort. She shares the details with host Michael O'Connell on the latest episode of the Better Newspodcast. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Scott Yates is the founder of JournalList.net and Trust.txt, a tool news organizations can use to verify the legitimacy of their content and information. He talks with It’s All Journalism producer Michael O’Connell about how Trust.txt works, why it matters and how newspapers and publishers can join together to fight disinformation. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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MaryJo Webster is the data editor for the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She talks with It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell about her aversion to math before learning about data journalism, how data can be a better story source than interview a person, and how entering a query into a database can help pull information to tell the real stories of a community. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kathleen Miles is the executive editor of Noema, a cross-disciplinary academic journal from the Berggruen Institute. She talks with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about the importance of breaking out of the 24-hour news cycle to give writers the room to investigate deeper topics to help decision-makers approach policy discussions. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Tennessean is a major newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s also the flagship of the USA Today Network South. Like many mainstream newspapers, The Tennessean has primarily served a white audience even though Nashville’s population is 24 percent Black. In the latest Better News podcast, opinion columnist LeBron Hill talks to host Michael O'Connell about the report he wrote for the American Press Institute's Better News Initiative about how The Tennessean is successfully engaging Black audiences with its Black Tennessee Voices project. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shirley Halperin is the executive editor for music at Variety for both its online and print music coverage. She talks with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about covering all aspects of the music industry, how old-school journalism practices differ from the digital world and the way the music industry adapted to COVID-19. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Zach Cohen is the Senate correspondent for the National Journal, also appearing on cable news stations on behalf of his publication. He talks with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about why he studied international service in college, how to set up a weekly schedule for coverage and why it's important to have trusted sources who get used to your questions. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Hainsworth is a Toronto-based podcaster who left a 20-plus-year broadcast career to embrace all digital media has to offer. He talks with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about the fear mainstream media has for digital, why that’s a bad idea and how the ice cream moment has melted. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Christopher Post spent 20 years as a first responder before changing careers and becoming a video journalist. He talks with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about how journalists can develop situational awareness and be safe when covering potentially dangerous 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, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jessica Sidman and Daniella Byck of the Washingtonian Magazine were two of the publication's staff who participated in a one-day work strike in May. They talk with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the unexpected opinion piece published in the Washington Post by the magazine's chief executive that served as a catalyst for the work stoppage and the formation of a new union for employees. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lou Harry and Nick Rogers are two of the film buffs behind The Quill's 110 journalism movies ranked. They talk with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how the movies were selected, the films that were left on the cutting room floor and why Superman needed to be included. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benjamin Bellamy is the the CEO and founder of Ad Aures, an organization that creates fair and sustainable ecosystem for the podcasting industry, and leader of the Castopod hosting platform. He joins It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell to discuss the importance of the open internet and why podcasting is one of the last examples of what made the "old" internet powerful and exciting. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Los Angeles Times has a long history of hosting successful in-person events. Its annual Festival of Books, for example, draws more than 150,000 people every spring. But when the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, many of those events were at risk of being canceled. The Times' audience engagement director, Samantha Melbourneweaver, and live events editor, Donna Wares, recently wrote a piece for the Better News initiative about how the L.A. Times built a compelling series of virtual events during the pandemic. In this episode of Better News, Melbourneweaver and Wares tell host Michael O'Connell what worked and what didn't work. They also share advice on how other newsrooms can develop their own successful live events strategies. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julia Paskin is a radio producer and writer for KPCC and LAist who recently launched a series called 'Pushed Out: LA's Unhoused Women,' telling the stories of women who are experiencing homelessness after leaving an intimate partner abuse situation. She talks with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the challenges of sharing these stories in a responsible way while making it clear that homelessness could happen, easily, to almost anyone. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eileen Toh and Natalie Bettendorf are two of the leaders and co-founders of the University of Southern California's Student Journalism Wellness Project, an online resource kit for journalists to help handle the stress and mental health obstacles that come from working in news. They tell It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the importance of the project and their friend, Karan Nevatia, who started the initiative before dying by suicide in 2020. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Style’s global editor, says everything going on in politics and news around the world is connected to cultural expressions, including fashion, art and design. She talks with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about these intersectionalities and why Style is not just for traditional "women's interests." 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Simon Galperin, founding director of the Community Information Cooperative, explains the concept of an Info District. He talks with It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about how local news initiatives, funded by taxpayer dollars, can help change the future for municipalities across the country. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WFAE, the public radio station serving the Charlotte, North Carolina region, has been around for nearly 40 years. In that time, the area has seen a dramatic increase in its Latino population.

Ju-Don Marshall, WFAE’s chief content officer and executive vice president, recently wrote a report for the Better News Initiative on how the radio station changed its approach to better engage the region’s Latino population. This included an equitable partnership with La Noticia, a Spanish-language newspaper serving North Carolina, and a joint Report for America reporter.

On this episode of Better News, Marshall and Hilda Gurdian, publisher of La Noticia, tell host Michael O'Connell how they made this partnership a success not only for their newsrooms but the communities they serve.

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Camalot Todd is a mental health reporter at Spectrum News 1 in Buffalo through a partnership with Report for America. She talks with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about her background covering this topic and how the pandemic created challenges and a greater need for this kind of reporting. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Camila Russo is the founder and current editor of The Defiant, a business news site, newsletter, and podcast about decentralized finance. She talks with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the clarity of financial reporting and explains how blockchains work. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a bonus episode of It's All Journalism, host Michael O'Connell discusses his recently completed project, "Look at This." The podcast series shares the stories of the homeless men and women who sell the Street Sense newspaper in Washington, D.C. The podcast series is a production of Street Sense Media, a nonprofit whose mission is to end homelessness in the Washington, D.C. area. It does this by providing people with the skills and tools they need to become more confident and empowered. In service of its mission, Street Sense Media produces journalism about homelessness issues in the D.C. area, publishing it in a variety of platforms, including film, theater, photography, illustration, and podcasting.It also publishes the weekly Street Sense newspapers, which the homeless vendors sell as a way to earn income. O'Connell served as executive producer for "Look at This," in partnership with Patch.com. Episode's can be found on the Street Sense website, Patch's Washington, D.C. site, or Podbean. Listen to "Look at This": Episode 1: DC's Homeless Share Their Stories On New Podcast Series Episode 2: DC Homeless Woman Finds Path To College Degree, Career Episode 3: DC's Homeless Deliver Poetry Straight From The Streets Episode 4: What It Takes To Be A Tent Facilitator In DC Episode 5: Homeless Man Chooses Life Of Peaceful Activism And Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Abby Lee Hood, a freelance writer and creator of the monthly Bitchin’ Pitchin’ newsletter, joins host Michael O’Connell to discuss tips for successful freelance pitching. They also explain what it means to be a “leftist journo” and the freedom that comes from being upfront about their morals and ethics. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Louise Donovan, an award-winning journalist with the Fuller Project, joins host M ichael O’Connell to talk about her reporting on domestic workers using TikTok to raise awareness on their abusive conditions. She explains how these concerns were previously shared privately, on WhatsApp and other platforms, before the pandemic. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Shaheen Pasha and Yukari Kane, co-founders and co-executive directors of the Prison Journalism Project, join It's All Journalism host Michael O’Connell to explain their initiative. They work with inmates to help those with an interest in writing learn how to tell their stories to 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, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Arizona Republic had a zombie problem. We're not talking about the brain-eating variety of zombies. Instead, the Republic had too many digital subscribers that weren't actively engaged with the newspaper's content. These "zombies" were also most likely to cancel their subscriptions, creating a retention problem. In 2019-20, the Republic launched a campaign to turn those zombies into loyalists by creating content with which they would be interested in engaging. John Adams, the Arizona Republic's senior director of storytelling and innovation, and Alia Rau, the paper's former local politics and issues reporter, tell Better News host Michael O'Connell about the Republic's successful efforts in rooting out zombies. Adams and Rau also wrote a report about the effort for the Better News Initiative. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Deborah Dwyer, a 2020-2021 Reynolds Journalism Institute resident fellow at the University of Missouri, joins Michael O’Connell to discuss her work, building tools to help newsrooms deal with unpublishing requests. She talks about the ethical conflict some newsrooms might have over this topic and how journalists can help make it easier to comply. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Michael Yarvitz, co-author with Rachel Maddow of Bag Man: The Wild Crimes, Audacious Cover-Up and Spectacular Downfall of a Brazen Crook in the White House, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the book and its accompanying podcast. He explains their research process, including sharing new information with people who prosecuted former Vice President Spiro Agnew. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jennifer Benz, vice president of the Associated Press’ National Opinion Research Center’s Center for Public Affairs Research, and Tim Rosenstiel, executive director of the American Press Institute, discuss a new survey in partnership with their organizations and the Media Insight Project. Their survey of more than 2,000 people found only 11 percent of Americans support what journalists believe are the core values of their mission. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with Summer Harlow and Danielle Kilgo about their new study, “Perceptions vs Performance: How Routines, Norms and Values Influence Journalists’ Protest Coverage Decisions." They discuss how reporters are failing to provide strong coverage of protests and continue to place more weight on the voices of authority figures than those standing up for their rights. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In 2020, the Las Vegas Review-Journal launched Mobbed Up, an 11-part podcast series examining the role organized crime played in the rise of Las Vegas. The idea behind Mobbed Up was to grow audience and revenue for the paper. The Better News Initiative recently spotlighted the Review-Journal’s successful foray into narrative podcasting. As Mobbed Up's creators put the finishing touches on its upcoming second season, Jim Prather, the Review-Journal's executive director of programming, spoke to Michael O'Connell for the Better News podcast. 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 Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Kate Cox, editor of The Counter, a nonprofit agriculture and food policy website. She explains how all news can be seen through the lens of food and why it's the best way to break down political issues because we all have to eat every day. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism producer Amelia Brust talks with freelance reporter Emilia Benton. They discuss their shared love of running and how Benton has learned how to be a successful freelance writer by doing. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Angela Greiling Keane, Renuka Rayasam, and Allan James Vestal about Politico's data-rich project, Why state legislatures are still very white — and very male, which examines how statehouses are less diverse than the communities they represent. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Megan Griffith-Greene, service features editor at the Philadelphia Inquirer. They discuss what service journalism means, how it can help reporters better understand their communities and why it’s no longer the territory of women’s magazines. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined by Heba Aly, CEO of The New Humanitarian, an independent nonprofit newsroom covering humanitarian crises. She discusses how her publication handled the COVID-19 pandemic and why her newsroom might be a model for other outlets as advertising dollars shrink. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chrissy Beck is the managing director of The Chronicle at Duke University and Erica Perel is the former general manager at The Daily Tar Heel at the University of North Carolina. Their newsrooms teamed up to create the Rivalry Challenge around the annual Duke-UNC basketball game, turning it into a revenue maker for both nonprofit newsrooms. Chrissy and Erica wrote about the Rivalry Challenge for API's Better News initiative. Editor's Note: Erica Perel is now the director of the Center for Innovation and Sustainability in Local Media at the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media. The center runs the UNC Table Stakes program. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Joshua Vaughn, a senior multimedia reporter for The Appeal and creator of the What Is Life? podcast. Vaughn describes the podcast as a “passion project” that features conversations with people sentenced to life in prison in who are unlikely to be released. Listen to What Is Life? on iTunes, Spotify, or GooglePlay. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with David Chavern, president and CEO of the News Media Alliance, an Arlington, Virginia-based nonprofit organization representing digital and print news publishers around the world. They discuss new legislative efforts to help news publishers get paid fair value for their content by Facebook and Google and the precedent set in Australia to make this happen. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Karen Magnuson, project director for the Solutions Journalism Network. They discuss what solutions journalism is, how it differs from investigative journalism and her new effort in New York and Michigan to apply solutions journalism to the topic of caregivers for the aging population. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with Angilee Shah and Jareen Imam about the Women Do News campaign, which is creating Wikipedia entries for women in news to help raise their profiles and credibility. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Randi Stevenson is an executive producer at the San Antonio Express-News. She and Joy-Marie Scott and Chris Quinn wrote an article for Better News back in November about how the Express-News used a COVID-19 timeline to drive subscriptions. On this episode of the Better News podcast, Stevenson shares what she and her colleagues learned by launching the COVID-19 timeline and offers tips on how other newsrooms can implement a similar feature to increase subscriptions and foster reader engagement 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 Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Dr. Marco Clark, founder and CEO of the Richard Wright Public Charter School for Journalism and Media Arts in Washington, D.C. He explains how educational issues in his own childhood made him passionate about helping students have more of a voice in their own education and why charter schools are held more accountable in exchange for more autonomy. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Selene San Felice, a new reporter with Axios in Tampa Bay. She discusses her newfound respect for newsletters, the importance of local news and why her new outlet will help lift up what others might consider the competition. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Priska Neely, managing editor of the new Gulf States Newsroom project from NPR. She talks about her career in journalism and the new initiative to help tell important stories from Alabama, Louisiana and Mississippi across the region and the nation. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Also, subscribe to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play, PodcastOne, Soundcloud, or Stitcher. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined by Mará Rose Williams, a 22-year education reporter with the Kansas City Star and co-creator of the paper’s series, “The Truth in Black and White.” The series began with an apology for the paper’s white-washing of history and failing to adequately cover the lives and losses of Black Americans and revisited some events to try and make things right. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anjanette Delgado is the senior news director for digital at the Detroit Free Press. She recently wrote an article for the American Press Institute’s Better News initiative about the paper’s community impact report. Better News host Michael O’Connell talks to Delgado about how newsrooms can create their own reports to measure the effect local journalism is having on their community, as well as how it is contributing to their fundraising efforts. 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 Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) to share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Britney Dennison, deputy director of the Global Reporting Centre in Vancouver. She talks about empowerment journalism and the culmination of several years’ worth of work, a new series for PBS Newshour called Turning Points. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Blake Baumgartner, a freelance sports writer from Naperville, Illinois. They discuss Blake’s passion for sports and the difficulties he’s faced as a reporter with cerebral palsy. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined by Michael De Dora, Washington advocacy manager with the Committee to Protect Journalists. They discuss the sharp increase in attacks against American journalists in 2020 and what might be in store for the press under a new administration. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined by freelance journalist Lisa Khoury to discuss her new investigative piece, The Real Housemaids of Beirut. She reports on the disturbing abuse of domestic workers and maids in Lebanon who have very little protection or recourse against their employers. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell speaks with Mazin? ?Sidahmed?, founder of the immigration publication Documented. They discuss how WhatsApp has become Documented’s distribution network and why listening to the immigration and refugee community changed the course of his work. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Corinne Chin and Lauren Frohne are video journalists at The Seattle Times. They wrote a piece for Better News on how the Times is using Slack to lower barriers, expose insensitivity, and allow conversations about cultural issues that can arise from their stories. Better News host Michael O'Connell talks to Chin about how newsrooms can use Slack to facilitate similar conversations. 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 Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) to share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Liliana Lopez, editor of La Estrella de Tucson, a weekly Spanish-language paper in Arizona. They discuss what she learned from the American Press Institute’s Community Listening Fellowship and how she put that information to use to help the Latinx community during the pandemic. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is rejoined by Dave Bidini, co-founder of The Rheostatics and the West End Phoenix, a Toronto-based broadsheet newspaper. They discuss The Americans, a special edition published just before the November election in which ex-pats living in Toronto write about what it's like to observe the U.S. from across the shared border during a difficult time. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism honors the memory of Tiffany Shackelford, a long-time friend and supporter of our podcast, by reposting our conversation with her from April 2013. We offer our condolences to Tiffany's family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell checks in with Sarah Ramantanis in the first of a series of conversations with a handful of previous guests. They discuss her wild first year as a professional writer for Philanthropy Australia and UN Youth Australia and why the year, overall, was a great one for her. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Ben Monnie, director of global partnership solutions for news at the Google News Initiative. They discuss Google’s new Digital Growth Program, the latest effort from the Google News Initiative, and other tools to help news organizations thrive in the digital age. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sacramento Bee has used groups outside of mainstream media to attract new readers, gain access to a diverse talent pool of journalists, and elevate the voices of under-resourced communities in the Sacramento area Ryan Lillis is the assistant managing editor at the Bee and Liv Monahan is the editor-at-large of the Community Voices project. We talk to both of them about how the legacy newspaper has built strong community partnerships with Community Voices and Ryan shares context on how this project fits into the broader strategy of The Sacramento Bee. Read Better News' full report about the project here. 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 Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) to share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with Marcus Harun, a producer at MSNBC, about his new documentary, Essential Journalists: How Coronavirus Changed TV News. They discuss the way in which journalists took matters into their own hands to protect their health, and the health of their teams, during the early days of the pandemic. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks to Jack, Nathan, and Ben, better known as The Interview Dudes, about their podcast and interviews with the likes of Ryan Reynolds and Steve Martin. Together they discuss dream guests, how they started their podcast, and how their parents still embarrass them on a regular basis. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with Pacinthe Mattar, a broadcast producer in Toronto, who recently wrote a piece for The Walrus titled "Objectivity is a Privilege Afforded to White Journalists." They discuss her belief that there is a two-fold crisis in credibility when it comes to journalists of color covering racialized topics. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with Madison Carter, an investigative journalist for the ABC affiliate in Buffalo, WKBW. They discuss her coverage of Black Lives Matter protests in the city this summer and how she tries to incorporate context in all her reporting. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Ed Odeven, a sportswriter for Japan Forward, about being an international sports journalist and his new book, Going 15 Rounds with Jerry Izenberg: A Collection of Interviews with the Legendary Columnist. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks a friend of the podcast, Andrea Wenzel, assistant professor at Klein College of Media and Communication and Temple University, about her new book on community-centered journalism. They discuss the importance of learning a community's priorities and information needs as a way to improve coverage and create better and more tailored solutions. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Tina Vasquez, a reporter with Prism and author of a new piece in Nieman Reports titled “Is Movement Journalism What Is Needed During This Reckoning Over Race and Inequality?” They discuss movement journalism and how people who practice it aren’t necessarily advocates but are better equipped to present stories from marginalized and underserved communities. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Jack Shuler, an associate professor at Denison University and author of a new book, This Is Ohio: The Overdose Crisis and the Front Lines of a New America. They discuss the drug overdose crisis in Ohio and how harm reduction practices can help save lives and communities. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Even in the times of COVID-19, events — done virtually — can still be a useful method for newsrooms looking to build their audiences and promote brand loyalty. Cierra Hinton is the executive director-publisher for Scalawag, a nonprofit media organization launched in 2015 and based in Durham, North Carolina. Recently, she and Alysia Harris wrote an article for the American Press Institute's Better News initiative on how Scalawag was using events to diversify its audience and grow membership. Read the full report here. 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 Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) to share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole.Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined by Mark Simon, a statistics reporter for Sports Info Solutions and host of the platform's baseball podcast. In addition, Simon just launched a media-focused podcast: The Journalism Salute. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined by Spectrum News reporter Ryan Whalen to discuss the wild lead-up to this year's election and why smart reporters should resist calling races on Election Night. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell talks to Lindsay Stewart, a former broadcast news producer-turned-entrepreneur, about Stringr, which allows newsrooms to access a network of 120,000 videographers to help cover the news of the day and beyond. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined by author and editor Elizabeth Mitchell to talk about the interview process and how 1864 is more like 2020 than most people realize. Mitchell also discusses her new book, Lincoln’s Lie: A True Civil War Caper Through Fake News, Wall Street and the White House. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Rachel Dissell, a former reporter with the Cleveland Plain Dealer, on her history of covering weighty and emotionally grueling crimes in her home city and the way she addresses the trauma of her subjects. Dissell recently wrote about Trauma Journalism in the Time of Coronavirus for the Dart Center For Journalism and Trauma. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In the past decade, media organizations have been awarded an estimated $300 million in grants to fund journalists and journalism projects — and the number of funders and dollars continues to grow. Jane Elizabeth is the managing editor of The News and Observer and The Herald-Sun in North Carolina. She recently wrote a guide for American Press Institute's Better News explaining how newsrooms can win grants to fund their journalism projects. Read the full guide here. 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 Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) to share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole.Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined this week by friend of the podcast Doug Mitchell, founder of Next Generation Radio, to discuss the long-lasting importance of relational approaches to journalism, for today and the future. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Steven Waldman, president and co-founder of Report for America, detailing how the organization is helping local news outlets address their coverage gaps and the group's support for new legislation that could encourage newspaper subscriptions. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Ellen Goodman about She Votes!, the new podcast she's produced with Lynn Sherr of ABC News, exploring the women's suffrage movement and the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Deborah Douglas, a distinguished visiting professor at DePauw University and author of a recent Nieman Reports article on the new Black press. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism Host Michael O'Connell talks to Kelsey Ryan, founder of The Beacon, a Kansas City nonprofit newsroom. They discuss the challenges of launching an independent nonprofit during the coronavirus and how LION Publishers is helping to foster independent local newsrooms across the country. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to John Vitti, a veteran of Boston newspapers, about Headliners in Education, a program that teaches students the basics of journalism as a way to expand their worldview and to become comfortable with writing. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nick Quah, founder of the Hot Pod newsletter and now host of the Servant of Pod podcast, joins It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell to discuss his introduction to the medium and why he decided to pick up a mic. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with consultant Fiona Morgan about the importance of newsrooms rethinking and revitalizing engagement efforts to better understand and reach their communities. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Emily Guerin is the creator of California City, a new investigative podcast from LAist Studios and public radio station KPCC. She tells It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell how a promised boomtown in the middle of desert turned into a real estate scam and environmental headache. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lifelong sports fan Lindsay Gibbs is the co-founder of the Burn It All Down podcast and founder of the Power Plays newsletter. She talks with It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about the importance of including women and non-binary people in sports coverage and why sports is not separate from any other news topic. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the podcast Baynard Woods talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about his new book, coming out next month, exploring an incredibly corrupt special unit within the Baltimore Police Department that led a cover crime spree, undetected, for years. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to David Cohn and Mike Donoghue of The Alpha Group about how COVID-19 has sped up technology-based evolutions that were already starting to take shape and how newsrooms will need to keep those changes coming when things return to "normal." Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to reporter Liz Bowie of the Washington-Baltimore News Guild and Matt Gallagher of the Goldseker Foundation to discuss the community-driven efforts to purchase The Baltimore Sun and turn it into a nonprofit organization. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester New York was facing a big problem. Its primary audience was old, white and dwindling. The newspaper had to figure out how to reach a younger and more diverse audience — and fast. C.J. Benjamin, emerging audiences editor for the Democrat and Chronicle, discusses how the paper successfully developed a strategy to better engage a younger and more diverse audience. She wrote about the experience for American Press Institute‘s Better News Initiative. Read her full report here. 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 Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) to share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole.Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to science writer Maggie Koerth of FiveThirtyEight and Jamiles Lartey of the Marshall Project about their new collaborative piece on how police departments across the country are, historically and currently, wrong in their understanding and approach to protests. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Jonathan Haber, author of a new book on critical thinking from MIT Press, about how journalists can use critical thinking to improve their reporting. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Allan Lasser, co-founder of Massive Science, to discuss the challenges of making science more accessible and how to explain the coronavirus to a non-scientific audience. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Alberto Mendoza, executive director of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists, to discuss the challenges faced by the Latino community and especially in light of coronavirus. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Ivan Oransky of the Association of Health Care Journalists to discuss resources and tools available to reporters who find themselves covering the coronavirus pandemic without any specialized training in medical or health reporting. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined by Chrissy Towle, head of news and local media for the Google News Initiative, to discuss its ambitious project to help create sustainable models for local news outlets. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined by Olivia Seltzer, the founder and writer of The Cramm, an online newsletter and social media presence offering to bring young people around the world politically relevant news of the day, focused on their interests and values. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined by Peter Copeland, a former DC Bureau Chief for the E.W. Scripps Company and author of a new book, Finding the News: Adventures of a Young Reporter, to discuss changes in the business, but not the craft, of journalism over the course of his career. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, Producer Amelia Brust talks to Lewis Raven Wallace, a former NPR journalist who lost his job for expressing a political opinion in a blog post. They discuss Wallace's book, The View From Somewhere: Undoing the Myth of Journalistic Objectivity, and its companion podcast, and whether journalists can ever be — or even should be — truly objective in their reporting. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined by Sarah Ramantanis, an intern with World Vision Australia and founder of the recently launched KOS Magazine in her home country. They talk about the challenges facing new journalists and how she's trying to make a name for herself. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Simon Rogers, a data journalist with the Google News Initiative, joins It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell this week to discuss the ways in which data journalism can help reporters find new ways to cover coronavirus with information gleaned from search engine trends in their communities. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 coverage. Something had to change. The editorial team developed a new strategy that grew audiences and even helped "soccer dads" care about Kansas City's arts scene. Digital editor CJ Janovy wrote about KCUR's new approach to its arts coverage for the American Press Institute's Better News initiative. She also shares her insights on the Better News podcast. 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 Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) to share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 — tackling “data deserts. This project is funded by a Hearst Journalism fellowship at the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida's College of Journalism and Communications. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 o ur weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 in 1938, and his father took over from him in 1959. Les took over from his father in 1994. Despite The News Reporter's multigenerational family ownership and long history of serving Columbus County, the paper was not immune to the economic forces that have impacted the media industry in recent years. Readership and advertising revenue were in decline. In April 2016, The News Reporter's staff decided it was time to make a significant change. With help of the University of North Carolina's Hussman School of Journalism and Media, they began to transform the twice-weekly print publication into a digital-first newsroom. Marketing Director Jenny Clore wrote about the transformation and the challenges The News Reporter's staff had to face for API's Better News initiative. 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 Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) to share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 election. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for o ur weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 importance of local news to our democracy and the public's willingness to support it. Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for o ur weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for o ur weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 into creating new content products in areas like food, politics and real estate. Over two years, the initiative generated almost $900,000 in new product revenue and increased digital subscriptions by 250 percent. In April, Pugh wrote a report for the American Press Institute's Better News Initiative to share some of the lessons The Post & Courier's staff learned by adopting its mini-publisher model. Read the full report here. 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 Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) to share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 Institute‘s Better News Initiative to share Amplifier's success and encourage other public radio stations to create local music podcasts of their own. Read the full report here. 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 Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) to share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies and insights. For more news about the It’s All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 political journalism R&D lab to help the Post's election coverage. Diakopoulos joins It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell to discuss how algorithms are changing the way journalists are doing their jobs. Keep up with the lastest news about the It's All Journalism podcast, sign up for our weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 says has altered the norms of political reporting. Recently, Rosen posted a thread on his Twitter feed outlining a set of strategies political journalists and newsrooms can employ to more effectively navigate the "new norm" and not rise to the bait of Trump's rhetoric. He joins Producer Michael O'Connell on this week's It's All Journalism podcast to discuss this thread. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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 the American Press Institute to a) showcase innovative/experimental ideas that emerge from the Knight-Lenfest Newsroom Initiative and b) to share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies and insights. For more news about the It's All Journalism podcast and future episodes of Better News, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Helen Ubiñas, a columnist and reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, joins producer Michael O'Connell to share the joy of showing up at events to talk with people about journalism and the importance of knowing your audience -- and bringing chocolate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Farai Chideya, a fellow at the MIT Media Lab and journalism program officer at the Ford Foundation, discusses with producer Michael O'Connell the challenges journalists face in covering diversity and political division in a divided America. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dave Bidini, an author of 13 books and founding member of the Canadian band the Rheostatics, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss his latest venture, the monthly West End Phoenix newspaper in Toronto, featuring pieces from award-winning authors, writers, playwrights and poets who live in the neighborhood. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Melanie Deziel, founder of StoryFuel, talks with producer Michael O'Connell about the challenges facing newsrooms that are creating branded content. The conversation addresses the impact that tech giants like Facebook and Google have on what you read and the importance of accurately measuring how readers engage with your content online.? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Erica Mandy, the host of the NewsWorthy podcast, joins producer Michael O'Connell to explain why compact but well-explained news podcasts are not just the wave of the future but the best way to keep people informed in the present, and how 10 minutes is all anyone really needs to stay aware of the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Amy Webb, a quantitative futurist and founder of the Future Today Institute, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss trends in media, her frustration with the lack of response to deep fake videos and why the United States could learn from China when it comes to collaboration on artificial intelligence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Victoria Baranetsky, legal counsel for the Center for Investigative Reporting and a research fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the need to sue the government when contracts with private companies of particular public interest aren't provided. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jason Begay and Jeremy Lurgio, faculty for the Native News Honors Project at the University of Montana, join Amelia Brust to detail how they’re teaching students to write meaning stories about the state’s Native American tribes, and what professionals could learn from them. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kyle Pope, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Columbia Journalism Review, joins Michael O'Connell to take a closer look at some of the findings in a recent wide-ranging survey of Americans' trust of the media. The results aren't great. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In his third visit to the podcast, Kevin Goldberg, legal counsel for the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, joins producer Michael O'Connell to shed some light on anti-SLAPP legislation and why Texas' law, a model for other states, is in trouble. ? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Sylvie, an associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin and author of Reshaping the News: Community, Engagement, and Editors, joins producer Michael O'Connell to question whether editors are working with their journalists to ensure their final reporting best serves the audience instead of the writer or sources. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Betsy O’Donovan, an assistant professor of journalism at Western Washington University, and Melody Kramer, senior audience development manager at the Wikimedia Foundation, join producer Michael O'Connell to discuss a new report on metrics in journalism from the American Press Institute, why they've always mattered and why veteran journalists will embrace more easily the priorities newsrooms believe matter most. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dr. Martin Spinelli, a senior lecturer in media and culture studies within the media, film and music school at the University of Sussex in Great Britain and co-author with Dr. Lance Dann of Podcasting: The Audio Media Revolution, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss how podcasting changed the media world and whether Serial deserves all the praise it gets. ? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Carmen Nobel, a program director with Journalist's Resource, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss why the name is a bit of a misnomer and how a tool designed to help reporters find credible research comes up with tip sheets to make reporting better.? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kristen Sala and Allison Richard join producer Michael O'Connell to explain their service, Help A Reporter Out, which connects reporters with expert sources that are guaranteed to be helpful and responsive. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Friend of the podcast Mandy Jenkins returns to talk with producer Michael O'Connell about why journalists who leave Facebook due to fake news or other controversies are just helping the bad guys win.? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Vahe Arabian, host of the State of Digital Publishing podcast and an author at the website of the same name, talks with producer Michael O'Connell about the importance of a shared SEO policy and practices across a publication and why building networks is a valuable investment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Freelance journalist Sarah Baird joins producer Michael O'Connell to explain the impetus behind Shoeleather, a database of journalists who live outside of major media hubs, and how the inspiration came in part from covering a wrestling match between a man wearing a Make Wrestling Great Again shirt and one called the Progressive Liberal. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, producer Michael O'Connell welcomes WTOP entertainment editor Jason Fraley back to the podcast to discuss his Top 10 movies of 2018. They talk about some of the recent trends in the the film industry and which movies the public came out in droves to see. ? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Joy Mayer and Lynn Walsh of Trusting News join It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell to explore why people don't trust the news anymore, why journalists should care deeply about it and how newsrooms and reporters alike can take simple steps to demystify the news process. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's podcast, Producers Nicole Ogrysko, Amber Healy, Amelia Brust and Michael O'Connell discuss their favorite podcast episodes of 2018 and what topics they'd like to cover in the new year. They also count down the most popular episodes of 2018. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, producer Michael O'Connell talks to Jayna Wilcox, senior digital sales strategist for 2060 Digital, about how newsrooms and their marketing departments can improve their audience engagement on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alli Torban , a data visualization designer and host of the Data Viz Today podcast, joins producer Michael O'Connell to explain how her love of maps changed her career and why podcasts made more sense than YouTube for exploring a very visual concept. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, Producer Michael O'Connell talks to Dana Coester, a professor at the Reed College of Media at West Virginia University, who recently published a study for the American Press Institute about how some publications are redesigning their newsrooms to make them more collaborative and positive work spaces. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Rob Wijnberg, a founding co-editor of The Correspondent, explains to producer Michael O'Connell how a crowdfunded news outlet that cares more about diving deep than following the headlines is preparing to take on the United States after five years of success in Europe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Journalists are dedicated to telling the truth, but whose? Stephanie Lepp, an independent artist and host of the Reckonings podcast, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the difference between telling the truth and telling a broader, varied truth and why one truth won't cover the whole story. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Charlie Specht, an investigative reporter with WKBW in Buffalo, joins producers Michael O’Connell and Amelia Brust to discuss his months-long work investigating accusations of sexual abuse of children and young men by priests in the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to Kristy Parker, legal counsel for the Protect Democracy Project, about the lawsuit her organization, PEN America and the Yale School Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic recently filed against President Donald Trump. They discuss why the three organizations think the president's actions are not just out of the norm, but violations of the First Amendment. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hard to believe it's been 10 years since the housing bubble burst, sending the stock market into a tailspin. Lisa Rowan, a senior writer and on-air analyst with The Penny Hoarder, and Alex Mahadevan, a data journalist at The Penny Hoarder, discuss their publication's major project The American Nightmare: 10 Years Later with producer Michael O'Connell, detailing how readers were willing to open up about a dark time in their lives and what they've found has changed in the years following. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gwen Vargo, director of reader revenue with the American Press Institute, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the finer points of how to get readers to first click on the articles reporters spend so much time creating, and then to take it a step further and get them to subscribe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this week's It's All Journalism, Producer Michael O'Connell talks to publisher Norma Porter about the relaunch of Black Dance Magazine, which tells the stories of dancers of color. Porter is running a GoFundMe fundraiser for the magazine, which will relaunch in January. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices