Podcast

559. Data doesn’t have to be a four-letter word for reporters

Investigative reporter Samantha Sunne, who co-authored with Mike Reilley “Data Plus Journalism: A Story-Driven Approach to Learning Data Reporting,” shares tips on how journalists can use data to add more depth and context to their reporting.

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558. How come political experts in the news tend to be white and male?​

Dr. Katie Searles, an associate professor of political communication at Louisiana State University, recently co-authored “Constructing Political Expertise in the News” with Yanna Krupnikov, John Barry Ryand and Hillary Style. The book takes a look at, among other things, what types of political experts are most likely to be on a journalist’s “roster of expert sources.”

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557. The First Amendment is her beat

Thanks to a Freedom Forum grant through Journalism Funding Partners, The Tennessean recently hired Angele Latham as a reporter focused full-time on First Amendment issues.

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Mandy Jenkins: Remembering a digital rockstar

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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Eyewitness to Jan. 6, 2021 attack looks back 2 years later

As the U.S. marks the second anniversary of the Jan. 6 insurrection, It’s All Journalism is reposting our 2022 interview with Tia Mitchell, the Washington correspondent for The Atlanta Journal Constitution.

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It’s All Journalism: Top 10 Interviews of 2022

As the It’s All Journalism team begins making plans for 2023, one of the things we like to do is look back at the previous year’s interviews and see which ones our readers responded to the most.

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