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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.

Facebook will do what Facebook does

January 13, 2018 Michael O'Connell Blog, Season 6 Comments Off on Facebook will do what Facebook does

Last Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be changing the focus of customers’ news feeds, giving priority to posts from friends and family over content posted by brands, businesses and media outlets. This decision, he said, was based on feedback from the social media platform’s customers. As a Facebook consumer and journalist, I’m of…

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287. That time of year when reporters count backwards

January 4, 2018 Michael O'Connell Podcast, Season 6 01:13:08 Comments Off on 287. That time of year when reporters count backwards

In the spirit of counting backwards, Jason Fraley, entertainment editor at WTOP in Washington, D.C., and the co-host of the Capital Culture podcast joined It’s All Journalism producer Michael O’Connell in studio to count down the top movies of 2017.

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It's All Journalism counts down its Top 10 episodes of 2017.

286. Audience engagement, entrepreneurship top 2017 podcasts

December 29, 2017 Michael O'Connell Podcast, Season 5 0:37:27 Comments Off on 286. Audience engagement, entrepreneurship top 2017 podcasts

On this week’s It’s All Journalism, producers Amber Healy, Nicole Ogrysko and Michael O’Connell count down the 10 most downloaded podcasts of 2017. Digital innovation and entrepreneurship dominates the list, but what topics didn’t?

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Special Announcement: We’ll do it live!

November 21, 2017 Michael O'Connell Podcast, Season 5 Comments Off on Special Announcement: We’ll do it live!

  After more than five years and 280 episodes, we’re proud to announce that we’ll be hosting the first live recording of our weekly It’s All Journalism podcast. In partnership with the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, the Online News Association’s D.C. Meetup Group and the National Press Club, It’s All Journalism will be hosting a…

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