Amber Healy

Rob Wijnberg, founding editor of The Correspondent

334. The Correspondent wants to unbreak the news in the US

November 29, 2018 Amber Healy 00:12:26 Comments Off

Rob Wijnberg, a co-founding 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 preparing to take on the United States after five years of success in Europe.

333. Whose truth are journalists telling and why does it matter?

November 22, 2018 Amber Healy 00:31:08 Comments Off

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 between telling the truth and telling a broader, varied truth and why one truth won’t cover the whole story.

332. How well are journalists really listening to their audience?

November 15, 2018 Amber Healy 00:29:09 Comments Off

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 discuss how expanding and deepening listening practices can help journalists build trust and improve their coverage in communities that are questioning the processes reporters use to tell their stories.

331. Investigating abuse by priests in the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo

November 8, 2018 Amber Healy 00:26:10 Comments Off

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 children and young men by priests in the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo.

329. Looking back at the subprime mortgage crisis, 10 years later

October 25, 2018 Amber Healy 00:32:08 Comments Off

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 Mahadevan, a data journalist at The Penny Hoarder, discuss their publication’s major project The American Nightmare: 10 Years Later with producer Michael O’Connell, detailing how readers were willing to open up about a dark time in their lives and what they’ve found has changed in the years following.

328. Unraveling metrics, subscription models to identify reader revenue

October 18, 2018 Amber Healy 00:31:42 Comments Off

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 spend so much time creating, and then to take it a step further and get them to subscribe.