Episodes

Michael O'Connell, host and one of the founding producers of It's All Journalism, shares what he learned from the more than 650 conversations he had during the podcast's 12 years. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Megan Cloherty, senior reporter and 10 p.m. anchor at KOAA5 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, talks about her experiences as a broadcast reporter, digital journalist and one of the founding producers of It's All Journalism. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Hanna Rifaey, head of strategic partnerships at the Online News Organization, and Meghan Murphy, ONA's director of programs, talk about the state of digital news, sustainability and ONA's AI in Journalism Initiative. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Since August 2019, the Better News podcast has highlighted many of the news organizations that featured in the American Press Institute's Better News Initiative. Better News serves as a platform where local news organizations who participated in the Table Stakes Local News Transformation Program can share actionable strategies with others experiencing similar challenges in navigating the ever-changing, digital-media landscape. In this special episode, Jan Ross Sakian, API's Table Stakes commun...

Yukari Kane and Shaheen Pasha, co-founders of the Prison Journalism Project, discuss the challenges of creating and implementing a journalism curriculum in order to help incarcerated people find their voice and share their stories with the world outside of prison. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Josh Hatch, senior director of digital at The Chronicle of Higher Education, discusses fake news, misinformation and the evolution of digital news over the last decade. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Jason Leopold, an investigative reporter with Bloomberg News, is known for his aggressive use of the Freedom of Information to research stories. He discusses the need for greater transparency in public records and his views on the future of FOIA in U.S. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Amy Kovac-Ashley, the executive director of the Tiny News Collective, talks about developing first-time entrepreneurs in the news and community media space. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lisa Snowden, editor-in-chief and cofounder of Baltimore Beat, discusses the importance of serving a diverse audience while developing the next generation of BIPOC journalists. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this one. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Alexander Howard, a self-described earnest advocate for freedom of information, open governance, and digital democracy, talks about his concerns and hopes for journalism and America's future. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find more episodes like this. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Writer and English instructor Lonnie Lee Hood discusses their passion for journalism and their experiences being a trans, freelance journalist in Tennessee. As we count down to our final episode on Dec. 26, visit the It's All Journalism website, where you can still listen to 12 years of episodes. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

It's like Christmas. You wait and wait and wait, but it never arrives fast enough. But when it finally does, something is wrong. The anticipation has vanished. You feel awkward and a little afraid. This is not the way to start a post about the latest episode It's All Journalism. But, as we are the "broccoli of media-focused podcasts," it's time for you to pick up a fork and eat your vegetables. This week, the It's All Journalism team discusses a new 10-part series featuring some of our favorit...

Photojournalist Kevin Painchaud is a member of the Lookout Santa Cruz team that won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News for its community-focused coverage of the flooding and mudslides that destroyed thousands of homes in early 2023. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Andrew Conte, director of the Center for Media Innovation at Point Park University, and graduate student Nick Tommarello share how the Center for Media Innovation is revitalizing local journalism in Pittsburgh. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

WITF, the NPR station in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania recently started a democracy beat as a way to build trust, counter misinformation and tamp down political rhetoric. Special projects editor Tim Lambert oversees the democracy beat and Scott Blanchard is WITF's director of journalism. They talk to Better News podcast host Michael O'Connell about the origins of the democracy beat and how this new approach impacts the station's election coverage. Read the report Tim Lambert wrote Better News: How ...

Editor-in-chief Kari Hulac talks about Richmondside, the independent, free, nonprofit online news site that launched over the summer. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Lucy Santerre, social media manager for Maine Public, discusses the role social media plays in public media. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Kiana Cox, senior researcher on the Race and Ethnicity team at Pew Research Center, discusses the recent Pew report entitled: "Most Black Americans Believe U.S. Institutions Were Designed To Hold Black People Back." Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Elisa Lees Muñoz, executive director of the International Women’s Media Foundation discusses a series of training sessions the foundation is offering for journalists covering political conventions and other news events. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Klaudia Jaźwińska and Pete Brown of the Tow Center for Digital journalism at Columbia University, discuss the Platforms and Publishers project, which seeks to promote mutual understanding of how emerging technologies are impacting the practice and business of journalism. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-s...

David Rothschild, an economist at Microsoft Research, is one of the people behind the Media Bias Detector Project, which “Tracks and classifies the top stories published by a collection of prominent publishers spanning the political spectrum in close to real time.” Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my...

Daralyse Lyons, business growth officer at the Chestnut Hill Local, discusses a Lenfest grant of $100,000 to help the paper expand readership and its reader demographic in Philadelphia and Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Earlier this year, six local news organizations participated in the American Press Institute's Live Events Sprint for Table Stakes Alumni. The goal of this five-month cohort was to help news organizations design and market live events within their communities. Through the program, Vermont Public planned a series of community picnics to better understand election questions and policy issues important to community members. Amy Zielinski, senior event producer for Vermont Public, talks to Better ...

Nic Dawes, executive director of The City, discuses how the independent, nonprofit newsroom fills the gap in local news coverage of New York City, following the closures or shrinkage of the New York Daily News and DNAInfo. Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.