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Michael O’Connell has been writing, editing and producing new stories for print and the online environment for more than 35 years. Currently, he’s the senior digital editor at Federal News Radio in Washington, D.C. For the 10 years, he’s been one of the producers and is the host of the It’s All Journalism podcast, which is available for download every Thursday on Apple Podcasts and on the PodcastOne network. He speaks regularly at journalism conferences about podcasting, and, in June 2017, Routledge Taylor and Francis released his new textbook, Turn Up the Volume — A Down and Dirty Guide to Podcasting. This fall O’Connell will put his research to practical use when he teaches a podcasting class in the weekend M.A. program in Journalism and Digital Storytelling at American University.

What were the highs and lows of your election coverage?

November 10, 2020 Michael O'Connell Blog, Season 8 Comments Off on What were the highs and lows of your election coverage?

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell recounts his day covering the 2020 election in Washington, D.C.

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Better News: How to use events to grow a diverse audience

October 20, 2020 Michael O'Connell Better News, Season 8 00:17:06 Comments Off on Better News: How to use events to grow a diverse audience

Cierra Hinton talks about how Scalawag, a nonprofit media organization, is using events to diversify its audience and grow membership.

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Jane Elizabeth

Better News: How to win grants to fund journalism

September 15, 2020 Michael O'Connell Better News, Season 8 00:20:59 Comments Off on Better News: How to win grants to fund journalism

Jane Elizabeth of The News and Observer and The Herald-Sun in North Carolina explains how to win grants to fund journalism projects.

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CJ Benjamin

Better News: How To Forge New Audiences Of Color

June 15, 2020 Michael O'Connell Better News, Season 8 00:26:37 1 Comment

C.J. Benjamin of the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle discusses how to develop a strategy to better engage a younger and more diverse audience.

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Better News: Is it time to rethink your arts coverage?

March 16, 2020 Michael O'Connell Better News Comments Off on Better News: Is it time to rethink your arts coverage?

KCUR.org, the website for Kansas City’s public media station, made a concerted effort from 2014-18 to expand its arts coverage. It even had two-full-time reporters on the arts beat. When one of these reporters switched to another beat, freelancers filled in to make up the gap. Despite all of these efforts, web traffic suggested KCUR…

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IAJ’s Top 10 Episodes of 2019

December 31, 2019 Michael O'Connell Blog, Season 7 Comments Off on IAJ’s Top 10 Episodes of 2019

Every December, we take a look back at the top 10 episodes of the year and try to glean something of value from the examination. It’s not just for fun. Maybe we can learn something about what subjects our listeners are most interested in. In 2019, the topics varied from young journalists learning how to…

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