Season 11

These are the podcast episodes and posts published by It’s All Journalism in 2023.

575. Why freelance journalists should join a union

July 6, 2023 Amber Healy 0:28:37 Comments Off

Abigail Higgins talks about how the National Writers Union’s Freelance Solidarity Project is working to improve the working conditions of freelance journalists and why freelancers should consider joining a union.

574. How much do listeners trust news they get from podcasts?

June 29, 2023 Amber Healy 0:25:33 Comments Off

Elisa Shearer, a senior researcher on Pew Research Center’s News & Information Team, discusses the recent report, “Podcasts as a Source of News and Information,” which reveals how different audiences trust the information they receive from the podcasts.

Better News: The Fayetteville Observer charts new course with Black audiences

June 27, 2023 Michael O'Connell Comments Off

Editors Beth Hutson and Myron Pitts discuss The Fayetteville Observer’s new initiative to restore trust and better engage its Black readers.

573. Sports journalism’s checkered past in covering mental illness

June 22, 2023 Amber Healy 0:39:29 Comments Off

Ron Bishop, a professor of communication at Drexel University in Philadelphia, talks about his new book: “The Thematic Evolution of Sports Journalism’s Narrative of Mental Illness: A Little Less Conversation.”

572. The other ‘F’ word and how to unbreak the media

June 15, 2023 Amber Healy 0:28:27 Comments Off

Anna Lind-Guzik, executive editor of The Conversationalist and host of the Unbreaking Media podcast, talks about what can be learned by examining culture and politics through an intersectional feminist lens.

571. Prison Newspaper Project shares the inside scoop from those inside

June 8, 2023 Amber Healy 0:25:05 Comments Off

Kate McQueen is the editor of the Prison Newspaper Project and shares the inside story of the voices from the inside of America’s prisons on the latest episode of It’s All Journalism.