David Plazas, director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee, recently wrote a study for the Better News initiative on how The Tennessean created a significant, authentic public service experience around local politics. Read the full study.
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Angelica Amegashie, Andrew Herbst, and Beatrice Amune are members of the student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists at William Paterson University. The chapter was recently named SPJ’s chapter of the year.
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Justine Harman talks about her podcast KILLED, which pulls the curtain back on the editorial process and forces at play that lead publications to kill a big story.
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Better News podcast host Michael O’Connell talks to Louisville Public Media’s vice president of content, Gabrielle Jones, about LPM’s new approach to covering the news for and with its Black audiences.
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It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell remembers Mandy Jenkins, a long-time friend of the podcast who died Feb. 20, 2023 in her hometown of Zanesville, Ohio. To honor Mandy’s memory, we’re reposting the audio from our last interview with her from February 2019.
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Alex Howard, open government advocate and former deputy director of the Sunlight Foundation, shares some illuminating thoughts with producer Michael O’Connell about the importance of holding those in power accountable and the role of media in bringing shady intentions and actions into the light.
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