It's All Journalism
Latest Episodes
#315 — Journalism for, of and by local audiences
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 representation and authenticity to not...
#314 — Data reporting fuels Washington Post's massive homicide project
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 cities across the United States. They...
#313 — Journalists would rather have answers than mysteries
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 for the same crime in Mississippi.
#312 - Podcasting: A way to promote press freedom abroad
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 is a weekly podcast about...
#311 - Trump, Obama and ratings gold
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 Trump’s running mate in 2016.
#310 — Teaching journalists to trust each other
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 trust in their work, an ironic struggle...
#309 — Does your local news anchor look like you?
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 race of the reporters along with the...
#308 — How to create interactive, immersive experiences in journalism
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 journalists take their viewers and readers into...
#307 — Radio Diaries: Personal narratives reveal big stories
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 enrich a story and how good storytellers...
#306 — Facebook, fake news and fact checking
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 its implications in society, the...