It's All Journalism
Latest Episodes
Helping newspapers make a NewStart
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...
Lead reporter in Sandusky case now investigating barriers in school data reporting
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...
NewsMatch, INN and good news for independent, investigative news
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...
LA Times podcast unravels 15-year-old mystery in Room 20
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.
Better News: Iconic southern newspaper undergoes digital-first transformation
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...
Memes, manifestos and 4chan — making sense of a toxic online culture
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...
Public good vs private enterprise: sustainability in local news
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...
Diverse newsrooms can act as fact-checking resources
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...
Journalism, anxiety and video therapy
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...
Lacuna Voices will be home to stories that deserve an audience
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...