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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.

500. Halfway To Episode 1,000; Kat Downs Mulder Redux

February 23, 2022 Michael O'Connell Podcast, Season 10 00:57:12 Comments Off on 500. Halfway To Episode 1,000; Kat Downs Mulder Redux

To celebrate our 500th episode, we’re sharing our first interview with Kat Downs Mulder of The Washington Post from April 2013.

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Register: Kat Downs Mulder livestream interview

February 8, 2022 Michael O'Connell Blog, Season 10 Comments Off on Register: Kat Downs Mulder livestream interview

It’s All Journalism is hosting a livestream interview on Thursday, Feb. 24 with Kat Downs Mulder, the chief product officer and managing editor at The Washington Post.

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Eric Ludgood of Newsy

495. Newsy aims to deliver just the facts without a political spin

January 20, 2022 Michael O'Connell Podcast, Season 10 00:23:37 Comments Off on 495. Newsy aims to deliver just the facts without a political spin

Eric Ludgood leads Newsy, a 24-hour news broadcast network that covers the stories of the day without a political slant.

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Best It's All Journalism Episodes of 2021

Top 10 It’s All Journalism episodes of 2021

January 1, 2022 Michael O'Connell Blog, Season 10 Comments Off on Top 10 It’s All Journalism episodes of 2021

It’s All Journalism looks back to see what topics and guests proved to be the most interesting to our listeners in 2021.

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Rebekah Sanders and Megan Taros

492. Union study reveals pay disparity at Gannett newspapers

December 16, 2021 Michael O'Connell Podcast, Season 9 00:43:27 Comments Off on 492. Union study reveals pay disparity at Gannett newspapers

Rebekah Sanders and Megan Taros discuss a recent study that revealed a lack of pay equity across Gannett newspapers.

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Kamaria Roberts

Better News: Revisiting some success stories from 2021

December 14, 2021 Michael O'Connell Better News, Season 9 00:31:41 Comments Off on Better News: Revisiting some success stories from 2021

Kamaria Roberts, API’s new deputy director of local news transformation, discusses some of the lessons learned from this year’s Better News podcast.

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