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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.

IAJ partners with API on new podcast mini-series

July 30, 2019 Michael O'Connell Archives, Podcast, Season 7

After months of tinkering behind the scenes, It’s All Journalism is proud to announce that it’s partnering with the American Press Institute to produce a new podcast series focusing on API’s Better News Initiative. “We are going to be launching a special mini-series that is anchored in some content that we post on BetterNews.org,” said…

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5 more podcasts to check out

June 18, 2019 Michael O'Connell Archives, Podcast, Season 7 00:10:48

I’m happy to announce that 22 Hours: An American Nightmare, the podcast we interviewed Megan Cloherty and Jack Moore about last week, shot to the top of Apple Podcasts’ ratings in its first week. While we had very little do with the show’s success, we’re happy to see our podcasting friends doing well. This morning, I posted a short…

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360. New true-crime podcast tackles ‘An American Nightmare’

June 6, 2019 Michael O'Connell Podcast, Season 7 00:31:47

“The best thing that can be said about this crime was from the prosecutor,” said Megan Cloherty, former It’s All Journalism producer and co-creator of 22 Hours: An American Nightmare, a new true-crime podcast from WTOP News Radio in Washington, D.C. “She said: ‘This a crime that nightmares are made of.’”  Jack Moore, the podcast’s co-creator,…

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How I beat deadline anxiety to write a book

April 10, 2019 Michael O'Connell Blog, Season 7, Turn Up the Volume Book, Turn Up the Volume Book

Like a lot of people, I struggle with anxiety.  Deadlines are particularly stressful, which is crazy because I’m in an industry in which the deadline is sacrosanct. Your editor gives you a deadline and come hell or high water, you better get that story in on time. Fortunately, over the last 10 years, I’ve developed strategies through cognitive…

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Jason Fraley is the entertainment editor at WTOP Radio in Washington, D.C.

340. Genre films continue to dominate box office in 2018

January 17, 2019 Michael O'Connell Podcast, Season 7 00:56:19

On this week’s It’s All Journalism podcast, producer Michael O’Connell welcomes WTOP entertainment editor Jason Fraley back to the podcast to discuss his Top 10 movies of 2018. They talk about some of the recent trends in the the film industry and which movies the public came out in droves to see.

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Jayna Wilcox

337. Facebook shakes up how media pros interact with their audience

December 20, 2018 Michael O'Connell Podcast, Season 6 00:22:41

On this week’s It’s All Journalism podcast, producer Michael O’Connell talks to Jayna Wilcox, senior digital sales strategist for 2060 Digital, about how newsrooms and their marketing departments can improve their audience engagement on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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