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Better News: Wake-up call inspires newsroom to rethink coverage of Black communities from 2022-04-18T21:00

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Immersive reporting from nudist community to drag show diva from 2022-04-13T21:00

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 <...

More reporters covering statehouses: Pew Research study from 2022-04-06T21:00

A new study from the Pew Research C...

Police misconduct exposed by California Reporting Project from 2022-03-30T21:00

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 maki...

Ms. Magazine marks 50 years of uplifting feminist voices, ideals from 2022-03-23T21:00

Ms. Magazine debuted in 1972, Listen

Legacy newsrooms identify new streams of digital revenue from 2022-03-16T21:00

Will Medina, director of sales and marketing at Prensa Arizona, and Dana M. Peck, director of digital solutions at Listen

How crime reporting plus data leads to greater transparency from 2022-03-08T22:00

Amos Gelb is the founder and publisher of DC Witness and Baltimore Witness, which c...

Better News: How 1 pound of coffee can reduce digital subscriber churn from 2022-03-07T22:00

Paid circulation has always been a part of Listen

501. CNN International examines the problem of colorism across the globe from 2022-03-02T22:00

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How The Washington Post Graphics Team Covered The Boston Marathon Bombing from 2022-02-23T22:00

For our 500th episode, It's All Journalism is sharing our April 2013 interview with Kat Downs Mulder, who is the Washington Post's cListen

Coming Soon: Kat Downs Mulder Livestream Interview from 2022-02-21T22:00

Livestream Interview: Kat Downs Mulder of The Washington Post Listen

Philanthropy examined as a long-term newsroom funding source from 2022-02-13T22:00

Victor Hernandez, chief content officer at Boston’s NPR news station WBUR, went back to school to bolster his digital skills. In the process, h...

Biased awarding of state contracts exposed by GBH investigation from 2022-02-09T22:00

Paul Singer discusses the GBH News Center for Investigative ReportingListen

SmartNews personalizes weather news with Disaster Info Hubs from 2022-02-02T22:00

AccuWeather’s Paul Lentz and McDavid Stoddard of SmartNews discuss how their ...

SmartNews personalizes weather news with Disaster Info Hubs from 2022-02-02T21:00

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...

Metropolitan Diary: Where readers share their stories of New York City from 2022-01-26T22:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell interviews <...

Newsy aims to deliver just the facts without a political spin from 2022-01-19T22:00

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 conve...

Entrepreneur bets on local news site for Northern Kentucky from 2022-01-11T22:00

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 Listen

Inside the US Capitol on 1/6/21 — A reporter's view from 2022-01-05T22:00

Tia Mitchell is the Washington correspondent for The Atlanta Journal Constitution and chair of the National Association of Black Journalists' Po...

Prison Journalism Project Update: Best of 2021 from 2021-12-29T22:00

This week, we’re happy to share with our listeners an update on the Listen

110-Plus Best Journalism Movies List Revisited from 2021-12-22T22:00

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...

Union study reveals pay disparity at Gannett newspapers from 2021-12-15T22:00

Rebekah Sanders and Megan Taros are both members of the union that represents employees of The Arizona Republic. They talk to It's A...

Better News: Revisiting some success stories from 2021 from 2021-12-13T22:00

Kamaria RobertsListen

Bellwether podcast offers journalism with a sci-fi slant from 2021-12-08T22:00

Sam Greenspan is the creator of Bellwether, a limited podcast series Listen

Virtual reality can strengthen news teams working remotely from 2021-12-01T22:00

A self-described adventure seeker, Marshall Mosher is host of the Listen

Veteran journalist turns entrepreneur with Wind Newspaper from 2021-11-24T22:00

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...

Veteran journalist turns entrepreneur with Wind Newspaper from 2021-11-24T21:00

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...

Saving candidate websites from vanishing after Election Day from 2021-11-17T22:00

Melody Kramer,  director of communications and business development with the Carolina Population Center at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, talks with Listen

Older generations deserve media coverage too from 2021-11-06T22:00

Paul Kleyman, national coordinator of the Journalists Network on Generations and editor of Generations Beat Online, specializes in covering ...

Thinking globally, writing locally about climate change from 2021-11-03T21:00

James Fahn, executive director of the Earth Journalism Network, Listen

Better News: Post and Courier philanthropic effort nets $1 million from 2021-11-01T21:00

Like many newspapers, The Post and Cou...

Trust.txt is a silent partner in legitimizing news organizations from 2021-10-27T21:00

Scott Yates is the founder of JournalList.net Listen

City Paper uses its 40 years of expertise to help local business from 2021-10-20T21:00

Keep up with the latest news about the It's All Journalism podcast,<...

Data can be the spine of your reporting from 2021-10-13T21:00

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 Listen

Noema aims to help academics, policy makers think differently from 2021-10-06T21:00

Kathleen Miles is the executive editor of Noema, a cross-disciplinary ...

Better News: Tennessean engages Black audiences with new initiative from 2021-10-04T21:00

The Tennessean is a major newspaper in Nashville, Tennessee. It’s also the flagship of the USA Today Network South. Like many mainstrea...

How to cover a music industry changed by COVID-19 from 2021-09-29T21:00

Shirley Halperin is the executive editor for music at Listen

What's it like on the Senate beat? from 2021-09-22T21:00

Zach Cohen is the Senate correspondent for the National Journal, also appearing on cable news stations on behalf of his publication....

Digital melted mainstream media's ice cream moment from 2021-09-15T21:00

Michael Hainsworth is a Toronto-based podcaster Listen

Keeping journalists safe is a priority for former EMT from 2021-09-08T21:00

Christopher Post spent 20 years as a first responder before changing careers and becoming a video journalist. He talks with Listen

Washingtonian staff solidifies its voice by forming a union from 2021-08-31T21:00

Jessica Sidman and Daniella Byck of the Washingtonian Magazine were two of the publication's staff who participated in a one-day work ...

Top journalism movies ranked by The Quill, Midwest Film Journal from 2021-08-24T21:00

Lou Harry and Nick Rogers are two of the film buffs behind The Quill's 110 journalism movies ranked...

Podcasting is the last frontier of the open internet from 2021-08-18T21:00

Benjamin Bellamy is the the CEO and founder of Ad Aures, an organization that creates fair and sustainable ecosystem for the podcasting industry...

Better News: LA Times Creates Compelling Virtual Events During Pandemic from 2021-08-16T21:00

The Los Angeles Times has a long history of hosting successful in-person events. Its annual Festival of Books, for example, draws more ...

Pushed Out: How domestic violence can lead to homelessness from 2021-08-10T21:00

Julia Paskin is a radio producer and writer for KPCC and LAist who recently launched a series called 'Pushed Out: LA's Unhoused Women,' Listen

Mental health toolkit designed by and for student journalists from 2021-08-04T21:00

Eileen Toh and Natalie Bettendorf are two of the leaders and co-founders of the University of Southern California's Listen

CNN Style explores intersection of news and culture from 2021-07-28T21:00

Fiona Sinclair Scott, CNN Style’s global editor, says everything going on in politics and news around the world is connected to cultural ex...

Info District: A 21st century model for funding local news from 2021-07-21T21:00

Simon Galperin, founding director of the Community Information Cooperative, explains the Listen

Better News: Latino community benefits from newsroom partnership from 2021-07-19T21:00

<p style="text-align:start;"><a href="https://www.wfae.org/" target="_self"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">WFAE, the public radio station</span></a> <span styl...

COVID-19 exposes growing need for mental health reporting from 2021-07-14T21:00

Camalot Todd is a mental health reporter at Spectrum News 1 in Buffalo through a partners...

The Defiant breaks down cryptocurrency from 2021-07-07T21:00

Camila Russo is the founder and current editor of The Defiant, a business news site, newsletter, and podcast about decentralized finance. She ...

Bonus: Look at This podcast provides forum for DC's homeless from 2021-07-05T06:39:56

In a bonus episode of It's All Journalism, host Michael O'Connell discusses his recently completed project, "Look at This." The ...

Bitchin'Pitchin'creator talks freelance tips, moral and ethical convictions from 2021-06-30T21:00

Abby Lee Hood, a freelance writer and creator of the monthly Bitchi...

TikTok Used To Expose Abuse Of Domestic Workers from 2021-06-23T21:00

Louise Donovan, an award-winning journalist with the Fuller Project, joins host M ichael O’Connell to talk about her reporting on domestic...

Prison Journalism Project helps inmates share their stories from 2021-06-16T21:00

Shaheen Pasha and Yukari Kane, co-founders and co-executive directors of the Listen

Better News: Killing Zombies On Your Subscription List from 2021-06-12T21:00

The Arizona Republic had a zombie problem.

We're not talking a...

How newsrooms should handle requests to unpublish stories from 2021-06-09T21:00

Deborah Dwyer, a 2020-2021 Reynolds Journalism Institute <...

How Spiro Agnew's crimes became relevant again from 2021-06-02T21:00

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 <...

Few Americans support journalism's core values and mission from 2021-05-26T21:00

Jennifer Benz, vice president of the Associated Press’ National Opinion Research Center’s Center for Public Affairs Research, and Tim Rosenstiel, executive direc...

Journalists aren't as good at covering protests as they may believe from 2021-05-19T21:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with Summer Harlow and Danielle Kilgo about Listen

Better News: Las Vegas Review-Journal bets big on Mobbed Up podcast from 2021-05-17T21:00

In 2020, the Las Vegas Review-Journal Listen

The Counter uses food to make news more digestible from 2021-05-12T21:00

It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Kate Cox, editor of The Co...

Knowing your worth in the diverse world of freelancing from 2021-05-05T21:00

It's All Journalism producer Amelia Brust talks with freelance reporter Emilia Bento...

Politico project shows just how white and male statehouses remain from 2021-04-28T21:00

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, Listen

How service journalism helps solve community problems from 2021-04-21T21:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Megan Griffith-Greene, Listen

New Humanitarian's mission-centric focus a model for other newsrooms from 2021-04-14T21:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined by Heba A...

Better News: Nonprofit newsrooms turn rivalry into revenue stream from 2021-04-12T21:00

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 te...

What Is Life shares stories of prisoners facing life sentences from 2021-04-07T21:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Joshua V...

Making Google, Facebook pay their fair share for news from 2021-03-31T21:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks wi...

Solutions Journalism tackles community problems from 2021-03-24T21:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Karen Magnuson, project director for the Listen

Making sure Wikipedia shows that Women Do News from 2021-03-17T21:00

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 pro...

Better News: COVID-19 timeline helps newsroom attract new subscribers from 2021-03-15T21:00

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Journalism charter school inspires DC's young writers from 2021-03-10T22:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Dr. Marco Clark, founder and CEO of the Richard W...

Axios newsletter tackles local news in Tampa Bay from 2021-03-03T22:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with...

Gulf States Newsroom launches to share regional stories nationally from 2021-02-24T22:00

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Making amends for failing to tell The Truth in Black and White from 2021-02-17T22:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined ...

Better News: Measure the impact of local journalism on your community from 2021-02-15T22:00

Anjanette Delgado is the senior news director for digital at the Listen

Giving sources the power to tell their own stories from 2021-02-10T22:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with...

Freelancer won't let cerebral palsy sideline his sports writing career from 2021-02-03T22:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with...

#301 — How about a nutrition label for news truthiness? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

For this week's milestone podcast, producer Michael O'Connell brings back Amy Webb from The Future Today Institute, to talk about her vision for tools that would help media outlets gain trust with ...

#289 - Illustration: What's included and what's left out from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Graphic designer and illustrator David Plunkert joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss his view that designers are visual communicators who need to convey ideas and stories in a single piece o...

#285 Journalism as a form of customer service from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Jennifer Brett, a multi-platform journalist and digital coach at the Atlanta Journal Constitution, talks with producer Michael O'Connell about how digital and real-time reporting can help refine a ...

#284 Divining the future of the alt press by assessing the present from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

It's All Journalism gets out of the studio and hosts a panel about the future of the alternative press with Alexa Mills of the Washington City Paper, Jason Zaragoza of the Association of Alternativ...

#283 Add News Match to your holiday donation list from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Josh Stearns, an associate program director with the Democracy Fund, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss News Match, a program in which donations to selected independent investigative news ...

#282 If you build it, podcasters will attend from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Dan Franks and Jared Easley, co-founders of the Podcast Movement conference, join producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the establishment of the first podcaster conference and how having a niche id...

#281 Newsrooms use bots to break big news from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

John Keefe, a developer in the Quartz Bot Studio and the product manager for Quartzs apps, joins producer Michael O'Connell once again, this time to discuss the use of bots in journalism, from sett...

#280 Vice News Tonight and its different take on political news from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Shawna Thomas, D.C. bureau chief, senior producer and occasional correspondent for Vice News Tonight on HBO, joins Michael O'Connell to discuss the importance of breaking down one news story into i...

#278 Progressive and unencumbered, the Young Turks way from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the hidden bias of most broadcast journalism it's not what some might expect and how millennials helped build his ...

#276 Write like a journalist, think like an entrepreneur from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Rich Gordon, professor and director of digital innovation at the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the onset of data and digital jo...

#274 Journalists, get excited about your writing from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Julia Goldberg, professor of creative writing at Santa Fe University and author of the recently published book, "Inside Story: Everyones Guide to Reporting and Writing Creative Nonfiction," talks w...

#273 Political polarization and the massacre that wasnt from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Andrea Wenzel, an incoming assistant professor at Temple University and Sam Ford, media executive and consultant, join producer Michael O'Connell to discuss their research on political polarization...

#270 'Brutal' times ahead for alt press from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Andrew Beaujon, a senior editor at the Washingtonian, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the challenges shared by the alt press and their major publication brethren and how alts can use th...

#267 Don't slide into someone's DMs on first follow from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Madalyn Sklar, host of the Twitter Smarter chat and podcast, discusses good Twitter etiquette with host Michael O'Connell, including advanced search techniques and the wrong use of direct messages.

265 Pulitzer Prize winner recounts investigation into Trump charity from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

David Fahrenthold is Washington Post reporter who spent most of the 2016 presidential campaign tracking down the reported donations made by then-candidate Donald Trump. He recently detailed his lea...

259 Making a game of finding fake news from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Robert Hone, acting director of the Game Lab Studio at American University, and Maggie Farley, a JoLT fellow at American University, join It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell to discuss t...

258 Old-School approach sometimes the best path forward from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

Andrea Wenzel, a research fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and upcoming assistant professor of solutions journalism at Temple University, returns to the podcast to talk with producer...

#239 Section 40: Little time bomb with big impact on press freedom from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On this weeks It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to Drew Cullen, editor-in-chief of The Register, a UK-based technology news website. They discuss Section 40, which Cullen ca...

#228 - Alt Weekly, university team up to train young journalists from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to Brook Van Dam, an associate professor and faculty director of the Masters in Professional Studies in Journalism program a...

#227 - Photographer captures the faces of DC's streets from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to Darrow Montgomery about his 30 years as a photographer for the Washington City Paper. Montgomery talks about how his work...

#226 - Panda love and the federal beat from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to reporter Meredith Somers about covering the inner workings of the federal bureaucracy at Federal News Radio in Washington...

In the Dark sheds light on 27-year-old abduction case from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On this episode of It's All Journalism, host Michael O'Connell talks to American Public Media's Madeleine Baran and Samara Freemark about In the Dark, their podcast investigation into the 29-year-o...

#224 - David Jackson schools us in podcasting from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On the week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to David Jackson, founder of The School of Podcasting about his 10-plus years as a podcaster and how he uses his experiences...

#223 - Are you part of journalism's lost generation? from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to Scott Reinardy, a professor of journalism at the University of Kansas, about his new book, Journalism's Lost Generation: ...

2020 Lookback: America from Canada's perspective from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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 sp...

Teach journalism to expand a kid's worldview from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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 e...

FedNet gathers latest multimedia news from Capitol Hill from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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 ac...

#327 Black Dance Magazine aims for January relaunch from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

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 run...

It's a dangerous time to be a journalist in America from 2021-01-27T22:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined ...

Investigative reporter exposes maid abuse in Beirut from 2021-01-20T22:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined by freelance journalist Lisa Khoury to discuss her new investigative piece, Listen

How Documented Uses WhatsApp to reach its audience from 2021-01-13T22:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell speaks with Mazin? ?Sidahmed?, founder of the immigration publication Listen

Better News: Use Slack To host cultural conversations in your newsroom from 2021-01-11T22:00

Corinne Chin and Lauren Frohne are video journalists at Listen

Tucson newspaper proves to be a vital source for the Latinx community from 2021-01-06T22:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Liliana Lopez, editor of La Estrella de Tucson,...

Remembering Tiffany Shackelford from 2020-12-30T09:28:22

It's All Journalism honors the memory of Tiffany Shackelford, a long-time friend an...

2020 Lookback: A new journalist's first year from 2020-12-23T21:00

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 prof...

Google News Initiative wants newsrooms to thrive from 2020-12-16T21:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks with Ben Monnie, director of global partnership solutions for news at the Listen

Better News: Building strong community partnerships from 2020-12-14T21:00

The Sacramento Bee<...

How the coronavirus changed journalism from 2020-12-09T21:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with Marcus Harun, a producer at MSNBC, about his new documentary, Listen

The Interview Dudes are taking over the world from 2020-12-02T21:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks to J...

Objectivity, racism, and the crisis of credibility from 2020-11-25T21:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with...

Investigative journalism that's heavy on context from 2020-11-18T21:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with Madison Carter, an investigative journalis...

Sports columnist Jerry Izenberg subject of new book from 2020-11-11T21:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to ...

Put community at the center of your journalism from 2020-11-04T21:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks a fr...

Movement journalism: A way to report on injustice from 2020-10-28T20:00

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 “ Listen

Overdose crisis, harm reduction, and the Rust Belt from 2020-10-21T20:00

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Better News: How to use events to grow a diverse audience from 2020-10-19T20:00

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.

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Statistics and sports: Telling stories with numbers from 2020-10-15T02:15:51

 It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined by Mark Simon, a statistics repo...

Don't expect any answers on Election Night from 2020-10-07T20:00

This week, It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined by Listen

Need video footage? Hire a Stringr from 2020-09-30T20:00

It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell talks ...

Fake news, presidential deception and the Civil War from 2020-09-23T20:00

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell is joined ...

Crime reporting: Covering violence and trauma from 2020-09-16T20:00

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 c...

Better News: How to win grants to fund journalism from 2020-09-14T20:00

In the past decade, media organizations have been awarded an estimated $300 milli...

Building relationships for the next generation of reporters from 2020-09-09T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'C...

The crisis in local journalism is real from 2020-09-02T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined ...

She Votes! recounts struggle for women's suffrage from 2020-08-25T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to E...

Covering Black communities with nuance and purpose from 2020-08-19T20:00

This week, It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Listen

Launching a nonprofit newsroom in a pandemic from 2020-08-12T20:00

It's All Journalism Host Michael O'Connell talks to K...

Hot Pod writer turns Servant of Pod host from 2020-07-29T20:00

Nick Quah, founder of the Hot Pod newsletter and now host of the Listen

Now is the time to focus on audience engagement from 2020-07-22T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks with...

California City: Secrets of a desert town revealed from 2020-07-15T20:00

Emily Guerin is the creator of California City, a new investigative podcas...

Can't find women who know sports? Try harder from 2020-07-08T20:00

Lifelong sports fan Lindsay Gibbs is the co-founder of the Burn ...

The story of America's most corrupt police squad from 2020-07-01T20:00

Friend of the podcast Baynard Woods talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell abo...

Coronavirus is changing how newsrooms work from 2020-06-24T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to D...

Will local ownership help Baltimore Sun survive? from 2020-06-17T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to r...

Better News: How To Forge New Audiences Of Color from 2020-06-15T04:00

The Democrat and Chronicle of Rochester New York was facing a big problem. Its pr...

Long history of bad police responses to protests from 2020-06-10T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to science writer Maggie Koerth of Listen

Critical thinking is an essential skill for journalists from 2020-06-03T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to Jonathan Haber, author of a new...

Massive Science behind covering COVID-19 from 2020-05-27T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to A...

Reporting news of Latino workers during coronavirus from 2020-05-19T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined ...

Covering coronavirus: Advice from a health reporter from 2020-05-13T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Ivan Oransky of the Listen

Google News Initiative wants to help local news from 2020-05-06T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined ...

The Cramm offers young people news they can use from 2020-04-29T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined ...

Zigging with all the zags of a career in journalism from 2020-04-22T20:00

This week, It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined by Peter Copeland, a former...

Former public radio journalist pushes back on'objectivity' from 2020-04-14T20:00

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, Producer Amelia Brust talks to Listen

What's it like for a new journalist? from 2020-04-08T20:00

This week, It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined by Sarah Ramantanis, an intern with ...

Data journalism in the age of coronavirus from 2020-03-31T20:00

Simon Rogers, a data journalist with the Google News Initiative, joins Listen

Covering coronavirus in useful, trustworthy ways from 2020-03-24T20:00

It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joi...

How can storytellers crack writer's block? from 2020-03-17T20:00

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Melanie Deziel, brand storytelling consultant and founder of Listen

Better News: Is it time to rethink your arts coverage? from 2020-03-15T20:00

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 ...

The more journalism and social media change, the more journalists are needed from 2020-03-11T20:00

For our 400th episode, It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by our firs...

Alaska: More than what you see on reality TV from 2020-02-26T21:00

It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joi...

Podcasting with a South American twist from 2020-02-19T21:00

This week, It's All Journalism producer Michael O 'Connell is joined by Sebastián Payán of Listen

Tess Koman's iconic video journey dining at America's amusement parks from 2020-02-12T21:00

It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Tess Koman of Delish.com Listen

Public Narrative works to help newsrooms find stories they may be missing from 2020-02-05T21:00

It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Jhmira Alexander, president of Public Narrat...

Improve audience conversations and avoid trolls with Subtext from 2020-01-29T21:00

It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joi...

Hard Times: When The Onion isn't edgy enough from 2020-01-22T21:00

It's all Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Matt Saincome, co-founder and writer with The ...

Calling out racists in cartoons makes them angry from 2020-01-15T21:00

Producer Michael O'Connell is joined again this week by political cartoonist Jen Sorensen to tal...

America has a bad case of truth decay, according to new RAND report from 2020-01-08T21:00

Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Jennifer Kavanagh of RAND to discuss her new book, Listen

Shining a brighter collective light on DC's homeless population from 2020-01-01T21:00

Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Eric Falquero, editorial director of Street Sense Media Listen

Learning from, and protecting, young journalists around the world from 2019-12-25T21:00

Independent journalist Jennifer Karchmer joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the...

Helping newspapers make a NewStart from 2019-12-19T03:00

Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Jim Iovino of West Virginia University and Don Smith of the We...

Lead reporter in Sandusky case now investigating barriers in school data reporting from 2019-12-11T21:00

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 coac...

NewsMatch, INN and good news for independent, investigative news from 2019-12-04T21:00

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 ...

LA Times podcast unravels 15-year-old mystery in Room 20 from 2019-11-27T21:00

Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Joanne Faryon, the driving force behind the Listen

Better News: Iconic southern newspaper undergoes digital-first transformation from 2019-11-26T03:00

The News Reporter of Whiteville, North Car...

Memes, manifestos and 4chan — making sense of a toxic online culture from 2019-11-20T21:00

It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell interviews writer and artist Dale Beran about his new book, Listen

Public good vs private enterprise: sustainability in local news from 2019-11-18T21:00

Penny Muse Abernathy, author of Saving Community Journalism: The Path t...

Diverse newsrooms can act as fact-checking resources from 2019-11-13T21:00

Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Tina Lee, head of the ambassador program for Hostwriter a...

Journalism, anxiety and video therapy from 2019-11-06T21:00

Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Anna Mortimer, a journalist-turned-psychotherapist and one of the creators of Listen

Lacuna Voices will be home to stories that deserve an audience from 2019-10-29T20:00

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. La...

New book reveals the Tools for Podcasting from 2019-10-23T20:00

Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by American University professor Jill Olmsted to discuss her new book, Listen

Podcast shares stories of DC's music scene from 2019-10-16T20:00

Sean Gotkin, the sound department manager at the Black Cat and host of the biweekly podcast S...

Get rid of your ego and be an empathetic journalist from 2019-10-09T20:00

P. Kim Bui, director of audience innovation for The Arizona Republic, joins producer Mic hael O'Connell to discuss Listen

Better News: Post&Courier uncovers new revenue with mini-publisher model from 2019-10-07T20:00

The Post & Courier Listen

Citizen journalists help CitizenDetroit document public meetings from 2019-10-02T20:00

Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by WDET civic reporter Eleanore Catolico and Vassilis Jacobs, seni...

SPLC reporter details challenges of covering hate groups from 2019-09-25T20:00

Producer Michael O'Connell sits down with the Listen

What’s changed for women in newsrooms? Less than you think from 2019-09-18T20:00

It's All Journalism producer Amelia Brust talks to Kr...

373. Media outlets worldwide push for greater climate change coverage from 2019-09-11T20:00

Producer Michael O'Connell is joined by Mark Hertsgaard, environmental reporter for The Nation...

Better News: Amplifier highlights Charlotte through its diverse music scene from 2019-09-09T20:00

When Joni Deutsch arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina to become the podcast lead at NPR station WFAE, she wanted to create something th...

Algorithms are changing how journalists do their jobs from 2019-09-03T20:00

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,...

NLGJA continues to transform how newsrooms cover LGBTQ issues from 2019-08-28T20:00

Producer Michael O'Connell is joined this week by Sharif Durhams, a senior editor for CNN Digital and board president for the Listen

What's your Credder rating? Are you trustworthy? from 2019-08-21T20:00

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 trust...

How journalists can avoid rising to the bait in covering Trump from 2019-08-14T20:00

Jay Rosen is a media critic and professor of journalism at New York University. He's also an observer of ...

Amplifying young international voices to tell stories that matter from 2019-08-07T20:00

Amanda Uhle of the Listen

Better News: Events may be difficult, but they're still worth doing from 2019-07-31T20:00

Chief Marking Officer Steve Yaeger and Managing Editor Suki Dardarian of the Star Tribune in Minneapolis discuss the challenges and...

IAJ partners with API on new podcast mini-series from 2019-07-30T02:00

It’s All Journalism is pleased to announce that it is partnering with the Listen

Investigative reporter exposes injustice in civil rights-era murder case from 2019-07-24T20:00

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 sh...

Young women lead the conversation about periods, sexism from 2019-07-17T20:00

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...

Don't be intimidated by the rich and powerful from 2019-07-10T22:00

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...

NewsGuard uses people not algorithms to sniff out fake news from 2019-07-03T20:00

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 w...

Finding the truth in a sea of misinformation from 2019-06-26T20:00

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 hav...

What is the future of LGBT media? from 2019-06-19T20:00

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.

5 more podcasts to check out from 2019-06-17T20:00

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: S...

The Browser seeks out, shares the day's best writing from 2019-06-12T20:00

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 jou...

New true-crime podcast tackles'An American Nightmare' from 2019-06-05T20:00

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 cov...

Reporter uses pop-up newsrooms to amplify Philly's unheard voices from 2019-05-29T20:00

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 a...

How to cover diversity, political division in a divided America from 2019-05-22T20:00

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 a...

Keeping print alive in Toronto's West End from 2019-05-15T20:00

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 i...

Branded content and the battle for your audience's trust from 2019-05-08T20:00

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 ...

#355 All the news that fits in 10 minutes from 2019-05-01T20:00

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 kee...

#354 Misinformation, deep fake videos and the peril of mismanaged AI from 2019-04-24T20:00

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 vide...

#353 Reveal sues ICE for not responding to FOIA request from 2019-04-17T20:00

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...

#352 Students filling a coverage gap for Montana’s Native American country from 2019-04-10T20:00

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 ...

#351 Mistrust of the media isn't new, but it's getting worse from 2019-04-03T20:00

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...

#350 Texas law protecting journalists under attack from 2019-03-27T21:00

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 ...

#349 Reconsidering the editor-reporter relationship from 2019-03-20T20:00

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...

#348 Decoding metrics means embracing journalism that matters from 2019-03-13T20:00

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'C...

#347 How one podcast changed journalism from 2019-03-06T21:00

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 Podcast...

#346 Helping journalists decode research from 2019-02-27T21:00

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 ...

#345 HARO connects reporters and sources in a snap from 2019-02-20T21:00

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 re...

#344 One reporter's fumbled joke and a lesson learned from 2019-02-13T21:00

Michael Telek joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss a sports joke gone wrong and the need to play things straight even when the target of a joke is one of the most unpopular and talented athl...

#343 Leave Facebook and fake news wins from 2019-02-06T21:00

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.?

#342 Moving the State of Digital Publishing forward from 2019-01-30T21:00

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 pr...

#341 Use a little Shoeleather to find freelancers from 2019-01-23T21:00

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 ...

#340 Genre films continue to dominate box office in 2018 from 2019-01-16T21:00

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...

#339 Rebuilding trust by peeling back the curtain in newsrooms from 2019-01-09T21:00

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...

#338 How to bring diversity to your sports desk from 2019-01-02T21:00

Greg Lee, managing editor for The Athletic's Washington, D.C. edition, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss how a lifelong love of sports and a dedication to diversity led him to fulfilling ...

2018 Year in Review from 2018-12-25T21:00

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 yea...

#337 Facebook shakes up how media pros interact with their audience from 2018-12-19T21:00

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 c...

#336 Data Viz Today follows audio path to visual subject from 2018-12-12T21:00

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 se...

#335 It's time to design newsrooms people want to work in from 2018-12-05T21:00

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 fo...

#334 The Correspondent wants to unbreak the news in the US from 2018-11-28T21:00

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 prepa...

#333 Whose truth are journalists telling and why does it matter? from 2018-11-21T21:00

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 betwe...

#332 How well are journalists really listening to their audience? from 2018-11-14T21:00

It's the age-old question: We listen, but how well do we hear? Cole Goins, a journalist, facilitator and media consultant with the American Press Institute, joins producer Michael O'Connell to disc...

#331 Investigating abuse by priests in the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo from 2018-11-07T21:00

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 chil...

#330 Lawsuit against Trump aims to counter assault on free press from 2018-10-31T20:00

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 Y...

#329— Looking back at the subprime mortgage crisis, 10 years later from 2018-10-24T20:00

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 Mahadeva...

#328 Unraveling metrics, subscription models to identify reader revenue from 2018-10-17T20:00

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...

#326 — Give women a voice and the world listens from 2018-10-03T20:00

Xanthe Scharff, co-founder and executive director of the Fuller Project for International Reporting, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss her belief that writing every day and sharing storie...

#325 — Wounded Muse author follows career path through China from 2018-09-26T20:00

Robert Delaney, the U.S. bureau chief for the South China Morning Post, tells producer Michael O'Connell about his unusual career path, from kung fu student to futures reporter covering the market ...

#324 — Lynching, racism and seizing a moment to atone for a paper's past sins from 2018-09-19T20:00

It's All Journalism producers Michael O'Connell and Amelia Brust talk to Bro Krift and Brian Lyman of the Montgomery Advertiser. Inspired by the opening of The National Memorial for Peace and Justi...

#323 — Can nonprofit newsrooms improve local coverage? from 2018-09-12T20:01

Magda Konieczna, an assistant professor at Temple University's Klein College of Media and Communications, joins Michael O'Connell to discuss the importance of journalism to democracy and how nonpro...

#322 — Syrian child brides: Pursuing a story that needed telling from 2018-09-04T23:00

L. Marie, a freelance reporter/producer based in Buffalo, joined producer Michael O'Connell to recount her decision to move to Lebanon for eight months in search of an investigative story, the saga...

#321 - Can a process birthed in Kentucky work in Philly? from 2018-08-29T20:00

 Andrea Wenzel, an associate professor at Temple University and a fellow at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism, joins producer Michael O'Connell to provide an update on her award-winning work on...

#320 — ABC's Start Here invites listeners into the newsroom from 2018-08-22T20:00

Brad Mielke, host of ABC News' new podcast, Start Here, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the months-long process of developing a program that utilizes the best resources of a trusted and...

#319 — Sometimes you have to call NASA about a table from 2018-08-15T20:00

Lee Uehara of The House of Lee NYC podcast joins producer Michael O'Connell this week to discuss the inherent wisdom that comes from walking around on the planet and living your life, the importanc...

#318 - These may be the 750 best movies of all time from 2018-08-08T20:00

On this week's It's All Journalism, producer Michael O'Connell talks to Jason Fraley, the entertainment editor at WTOP Radio in Washington, D.C., about the Best Movies of All Time list he's created...

#317 — Making access to public records a public priority from 2018-08-01T20:00

Frank LoMonte, director of the Brechner Center for Freedom of Information at the University of Florida, joins producer Michael O'Connell to take a look at the role public records play in advancing ...

#316 — How much greater could your Facebook reach be? from 2018-07-25T20:00

Emily Ristow, social media and mobile editor for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the straightforward approach her team applied to expanding their social ...

#315 — Journalism for, of and by local audiences from 2018-07-18T20:00

Producer Michael O'Connell talks with Andrea Hart, co-founder and director of community engagement at City Bureau, about the importance of local coverage and an inventive way to bring better repres...

#314 — Data reporting fuels Washington Post's massive homicide project from 2018-07-11T20:00

Washington Post database editor Steven Rich and Ted Mellnik join producer Michael O'Connell to discuss their massive undertaking: requesting and analyzing homicide and case closure rates from 50 ci...

#313 — Journalists would rather have answers than mysteries from 2018-07-04T20:00

With its second season wrapping up, Samara Freemark joins Michael O'Connell again to discuss the In the Dark podcast and the latest crime story it investigated: the case of a man tried six times fo...

#312 - Podcasting: A way to promote press freedom abroad from 2018-06-27T20:00

It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell travels to Tajikistan at the invitation of the U.S. State Department's Speakers Program to train young journalists in podcasting. It’s All Journalism ...

#311 - Trump, Obama and ratings gold from 2018-06-20T20:00

Author Charlie LeDuff joins producer Michael O’Connell to discuss his new book, Sh*tshow: The country’s collapsing and the ratings are great, and recounts the time he was this close to becoming Tru...

#310 — Teaching journalists to trust each other from 2018-06-13T20:01

Sara Catania of GroundSource and the JTrust newsletter joins producer Michael O'Connell to explore the widespread resistance among news people to collaborate even as they struggle with questions of...

#309 — Does your local news anchor look like you? from 2018-06-06T20:01

Keren Henderson, an assistant professor of broadcast and digital journalism at Syracuse University, reviews her research on the makeup of local news broadcasts, breaking down the age, gender and ra...

#308 — How to create interactive, immersive experiences in journalism from 2018-05-30T20:00

Laura Hertzfeld, director of Journalism360, joins producer Michael O’Connell to shed some light on the brave new world of immersive journalism and how virtual and augmented reality can help journal...

#307 — Radio Diaries: Personal narratives reveal big stories from 2018-05-23T20:00

Joe Richman, founder, executive producer and host of Radio Diaries, joins producer Michael O'Connell to explore the intimacy of radio as a storytelling medium, the use of supplemental audio to enri...

#306 — Facebook, fake news and fact checking from 2018-05-16T20:00

Laura Hazard Owen, a deputy editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss her weekly column, where she's been writing, about the spread and use of fake news and i...

#305 — The simplicity and compelling nature of audio storytelling from 2018-05-09T20:00

Phoebe Judge, host of the Criminal and This Is Love podcasts, joins producer Michael O'Connell to talk about her love of the audio format, the luxury of keeping silence in recordings and her deligh...

304 — Fighting for truth through transparency and sunlight from 2018-05-02T20:00

Alex Howard, open government advocate and former deputy director of the Sunlight Foundation, shares some illuminating thoughts with producer Michael O’Connell about the importance of holding those ...

#303 — A public farewell for the very private Tragically Hip from 2018-04-25T20:00

Author Michael Barclay discusses his new book on Canada's Tragically Hip with IAJ's Amber Healy as part of a book launch party for "The Never-Ending Present: The Story of Gord Downie and the Tragic...

#302 — Do give a damn about your reputation from 2018-04-18T20:00

Carey Hennigar, Global VP, Risk & Reputation at Storyful,  joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the ever-changing and confusing world of protecting and building brand reputations. 

#300 — The who, what and where of podcasting from 2018-04-05T20:00

The District of Columbia's rich landscape of podcasting was on display Thursday, April 5, as It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell joined Mary Nichols of the FuseBox Radio Broadcast and Alicia...

#299 — Can journalism survive in a post-truth world? from 2018-03-28T20:00

Ed Madison, an assistant professor of journalism at the University of Oregon and author of a new book, Reimagining journalism in a post-truth world: How late-night comedians, internet trolls, and s...

#298 — Investigative journalism helps restore lives robbed by injustice from 2018-03-21T20:00

Melissa Segura, a Polk Award-winning journalist with BuzzFeed, joins Michael O'Connell to discuss her journey from unwitting sports nerd with an interest in writing deep, human stories to shining a...

#297 - Learning, relearning and unlearning the magic of broadcast from 2018-03-14T20:00

Richard Davies, a self-proclaimed news junkie who started on the path to a career in journalism at the ripe old age of 9, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss his days as a broadcaster with ...

#296 — Cinematic video journalism shakes up old model of visual storytelling from 2018-03-07T21:00

Visual storyteller and cinematic journalism expert David Dunkley Gyimah joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss how video journalism has changed, and stayed the same, since its inception in the...

#295 — Putting sports second, athletes first from 2018-02-28T21:00

Tim Graham, an NFL writer for the Buffalo News for the better part of two decades, joins producer Michael O'Connell to talk about the highs and lows of covering a city whose teams are better known ...

#294 — Polk Awards honor gutsy investigative reporting from 2018-02-21T21:00

Ralph Engelman, a senior professor of journalism at Long Island University Brooklyn and co-administrator of the George Polk Awards, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss this year's award win...

#293 — Need new skills? ONA is here to help from 2018-02-14T21:00

Meghan Murphy, the Online News Association's community manager, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss new training opportunities developed and offered by ONA to help journalists learn skills ...

#292 - Where do college students get their news? from 2018-02-07T21:00

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, Producer Michael O'Connell travels to DePauw University in Greencastle, Indiana, to talk about podcasting. In a live podcast recording, he asks a room fu...

#291 - Ear Hustle's remarkable success in podcasting from prison from 2018-02-01T05:01

Nigel Poor, co-host, co-producer and co-founder of the Ear Hustle podcast, joins Michael O'Connell and Nicole Ogrysko to provide an update on the surprising to her! success of the podcast, believ...

#290 - VICE reporter takes winding path from London, Pakistan to North Korea from 2018-01-25T07:30

Charlet Duboc, a correspondent and documentary producer for VICE, talks with producer Michael O'Connell about her obsession with American culture, her adventures in fashion reporting and a recent t...

#288 - Telling stories of the past to change the world's future from 2018-01-11T05:20

Erin Harper, a multimedia producer at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss how her journalism and newsroom skills are helping to tell important stories at...

#287 - That time of year when reporters count backwards from 2018-01-04T12:30

Jason Fraley, entertainment editor at WTOP in Washington, D.C., and the co-host of the Capital Culture podcast joined It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell in studio to count down the top ...

#286 - Audience engagement, entrepreneurship top 2017 podcasts from 2017-12-29T05:01

On this week's It's All Journalism, producers Amber Healy, Nicole Ogrysko and Michael O'Connell count down the 10 most downloaded podcasts of 2017. Digital innovation and entrepreneurship dominates...

Special Announcement: We'll do it live! from 2017-11-21T17:10

After more than five years and 280 episodes, we're proud to announce that we'll be hosting the first live recording of our weekly It's All Journalism podcast.

In partnership with the Associa...

#279 Collaboration key to combating fake news from 2017-11-09T03:30

Mandy Jenkins is the head of news and Ben Decker is a research coordinator at Storyful. They join producer Michael O'Connell to take a look at the importance of monitoring news as it happens to ide...

#277 Washington City Paper staff embraces uncertain future from 2017-10-26T06:45

Alexa Mills, editor for the Washington City Paper, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the future of her publication and the importance of local news in a town dominated by a major national...

#275 - Politico grows beyond its digital startup roots from 2017-10-12T01:01

Politico's editor Carrie Budoff Brown joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the evolution of Politico in Washington and the European Union.

#272 - Lack of government transparency leaves press, public in the dark from 2017-09-21T04:01

Miranda Spivack, the Pulliam Distinguished Visiting Professor of Journalism at DePauw University in Indiana, talks to It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell about the importance of open gov...

#271 - ProPublica project documents rise of hate crimes in U.S. from 2017-09-14T06:45

It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell talks to Rachel Glickhouse, who oversees ProPublica's Documenting Hate project. The initiative aims to improve the data collection of hate crime incid...

#269 - In era of fake news, it's time to promote news literacy from 2017-08-31T11:30

Peter Adams, senior vice president for education programs at The News Literacy Project, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the tools educators and news consumers alike can use to distingui...

#268 - Put big thoughts into your writing from 2017-08-24T05:30

Washington Post columnist Christine Emba joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss the heightened importance of thinking and weighing multiple viewpoints before forming an opinion and the importa...

266 Democracy in Crisis: How alt newspapers cover national news from 2017-08-10T03:50

Baltimore-based reporter Baynard Woods again joins producer Michael O'Connell on the podcast, this time to discuss his new column and podcast "Democracy in Crisis," started after the November elect...

264 - Press Freedom and the Trump administration from 2017-07-31T16:30

The Association of Alternative Newsmedia hosts a panel at its annual meeting in which media experts discuss current threats to press freedom. Kevin Goldberg, AAN's legal counsel, organized the pane...

263 - How algorithmic thinking is replacing news judgment from 2017-07-27T08:01

Matt Carlson, associate professor at St. Louis University, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss his new article on the use of algorithms in journalism. He is the author of "Automating Judgme...

262 - Wade Keller: 30 years of wrestling journalism from 2017-07-20T04:30

Wade Keller, creator and host of The Wade Keller Pro Wrestling Podcast, joins producers Michael O'Connell and Nicole Ogrysko this week to discuss his love of professional wrestling, a lifelong appr...

Podcast Special: It's all new music from 2017-07-17T14:01

It's All Journalism will be celebrating its fifth year as a weekly podcast on Aug. 4. For most of that time, we've used a generic theme song that was purchased through a rights-free website. While ...

261 Being flexible and listening key to a good interview from 2017-07-13T07:30

Sonya Gavankar, manager of public relations at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., discusses her unorthodox journalism career with producer Michael O'Connell, from her childhood ambition of being a re...

260 Black Hawk Down author shares interviewing tips from 2017-07-06T10:30

Special guest Scott Maucione, defense reporter at Federal News Radio, interviews Black Hawk Down author Mark Bowden about his journalistic style. Bowden just finished writing Hue 1968, a book about...

#257 What local stories are getting lost in Trump media morass? from 2017-06-15T06:30

David Mindich, a professor of Media Studies, Journalism and Digital Arts at St. Michael's College in Vermont, returns to talk with It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell about the importanc...

256 - Journalism education in the era of fake news from 2017-06-08T14:30

Margot Susca, professorial lecturer in the American University School of Communications, talks to It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell about how journalism schools remain relevant and vit...

255 - Write headlines that make your audience care ... and click from 2017-06-01T06:01

Ryan Craggs of Conde Nast Traveler talks to It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell about a recent article he wrote for the Columbia Journalism Review, "Stop killing your social stories with...

254 - Cartoonist Adam Zyglis and the all-consuming news cycle from 2017-05-25T16:01

Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News tells It's All Journalism producers Amber Healy and Michael O'Connell about the challenges of covering the current politi...

253 - Newslab trains journalists to master digital media from 2017-05-18T08:35

Deborah Potter, president and executive director of Newslab, draws on her career as a broadcast journalist at CBS News and CNN, to help train newsrooms on how to make the most of what "new media" h...

252 - Going native: Branded content helps sustain journalism from 2017-05-11T05:35

Melanie Deziel, founder of MDeziel Media, the first editor of branded content for the New York Times and publisher of The Overlap League newsletter, talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Conn...

251 Tribeworthy wants to be Yelp for news consumers from 2017-05-04T05:35

Chase Palmieri talks to It's All Journalism producer Michael O'Connell about Tribeworthy, a platform he describes as Yelp for news consumers. TribeWorthy users rate articles based on a lack of bias...

250 Engaging readers while keeping out the nasty from 2017-04-27T16:10

Daniel Ha, executive officer and co-founder of the Disqus commenting platform, talks to It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell about how websites can engage their readers in conversations on th...

249 Blake Gopnik and the art of art criticism from 2017-04-20T14:00

Blake Gopnik, the daily art columnist for Art Net News and contributor to the New York Times, talks to It's All Journalism Producer Michael O'Connell about art criticism and his upcoming biography ...

248 Migratory Notes: Immigration news with context from 2017-04-13T17:00

Immigration reporting is the subject of this week's episode of It's All Journalism. Host Michael O'Connell chats with journalists Daniela Gerson and Elizabeth Aguilera, co-creators of Migratory Not...

247 Can the Washington Post do that? from 2017-04-06T05:40

Washington Post political editor Allison Michaels joins It's All Journalism producers Michael O'Connell and Nicole Ogrysko in studio this week to talk about her podcast, Can He Do That? In each epi...

246 Journey down the underground press rabbit hole from 2017-03-30T09:10

This week It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell is talking about underground press pioneer John Wilcock once again. This time around he talks to graphic novelist Ethan Persoff about the comic ...

245 Decades-old cold case comes to life in new podcast from 2017-03-23T08:15

It's All Journalism host Michael O'Connell talks to radio reporter Neal Augenstein of WTOP in Washington, D.C., about his new podcast, Investigation Continues: The Lyons Sisters. The podcast focuse...

244 Newsrooms need to build trust with their audiences from 2017-03-16T16:10

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to reader engagement specialist Joy Mayer of the Reynolds Journalism Institute. They discuss how important it is for journal...

243 Solo video journalist emerges as model for most newsrooms from 2017-03-09T15:40

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to Matt Pearl, a solo video journalist at NBC's Atlanta affiliate. He also discusses writing his recently published book, Th...

242 Data is a lens for you to understand your users from 2017-03-02T16:05

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell interviews Sachin Kamdar, co-founder and CEO of the data analytics platform Parse.ly. They discuss how a better understanding of d...

241 Andy Warhol, the Village Voice and the alt-press pioneer from 2017-02-23T17:45

On this week's It's All Journalism, host Michael O'Connell talks to alt-press legend John Wilcock about his long career, including helping to launch the Village Voice in the 1950s and hanging out w...

Farewell and thank you, Steve Buttry from 2017-02-21T06:10

Steve Buttry, longtime educator, journalist and friend of our podcast, died of pancreatic cancer on Feb. 19. He will be missed by the countless journalists whose careers he touched with his steadfa...

#240 A funny thing happened on the way to the newsroom from 2017-02-16T16:30

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, producers Michael O'Connell and Nicole Ogrysko talk to Saundra Sorenson about her winding road of a career from community news, the alternative press, co...

#238 - Trump's 'hurry-up offense' keeps press corps scrambling from 2017-02-02T14:22

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to Gregory Korte, the White House reporter for USA Today, about covering the first few weeks of the Trump administration. He...

#237 - PRX CEO sees bright future for podcasting from 2017-01-26T16:56

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, producer Michael O'Connell talks to Kerri Hoffman, CEO of the Public Radio Exchange, about a recent PRX release outlining nine trends for podcasting. The...

#236 - It's the moment alt papers were made for from 2017-01-19T18:15

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to Jason Zaragoza, executive director of the Association of Alternative Newsmedia (AAN), about why the current political cli...

#235 - Is it ethical for a journalist to go to church? from 2017-01-12T15:59

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to Steve Buttry, director of student media at Louisiana State University, about a new article he wrote for www.current.org o...

#234 - DIY approach to data bolsters crime coverage from 2017-01-05T15:26

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to Joshua Vaughn, a criminal justice reporter at the Sentinel newspaper in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. Vaughn taught hi...

#233 - Sacramento alt weekly takes post-election gut check from 2016-12-29T14:51

Rachel Leibrock woke up feeling sick on Wednesday, Nov. 9. She thought about calling in sick to her job as the editor of the Sacramento News & Review. But after watching Hillary Clintons concession...

#232 - Maybe fake news isn't the real problem from 2016-12-22T13:30

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to Aram Zucker-Scharff about his recent Medium article, The media is a business and journalism is a job. Get it together., w...

#231 - Jessica Abel: Words, images, storytelling and beyond from 2016-12-15T17:48

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, host Michael O'Connell talks to cartoonist Jessica Abel about the differences and surprising similarities in audio and graphic storytelling. Abel is the ...

#230 - That time we killed a beauty pageant ... from 2016-12-08T17:08

Every journalist comes to their respective newsroom in a different way, but almost all have a similar starting point: a high school English teacher. For this week's podcast, the three producers dis...

#229 - Uncovering fake, clickbait-y and not really 'news' news sites from 2016-12-01T15:47

On this week's It's All Journalism podcast, hosts Michael O'Connell and Nicole Ogrysko talk to Melissa Zimdars, an associate professor in the department of communications at Merrimack College, abou...