It's All Journalism
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New book reveals the Tools for Podcasting
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...
Podcast shares stories of DC's music scene
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...
Get rid of your ego and be an empathetic journalist
P. Kim Bui, director of audience innovation for The Arizona Republic, joins producer Michael O'Connell to discuss empathetic journalism and why listening to "real humans" can help newsrooms better serve their readers, viewers...
Better News: Post & Courier uncovers new revenue with mini-publisher model
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...
Citizen journalists help CitizenDetroit document public meetings
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...
SPLC reporter details challenges of covering hate groups
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...
What’s changed for women in newsrooms? Less than you think
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...
373. Media outlets worldwide push for greater climate change coverage
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...
Better News: Amplifier highlights Charlotte through its diverse music scene
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...
Algorithms are changing how journalists do their jobs
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...