Season 6

These are the podcast episodes and posts published by It’s All Journalism in 2018.

309. Does your local news anchor look like you?

Keren Henderson, an assistant professor of broadcast and digital journalism at Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, joins producer Michael O’Connell to review her research on the makeup of local news broadcasts, breaking down the age, gender and race of the reporters along with the stories they cover.

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308. How to create interactive, immersive experiences in journalism

Laura Hertzfeld, director of Journalism360, joins producer Michael O’Connell to shed some light on the brave new world of immersive journalism and how virtual and augmented reality can help journalists take their viewers and readers into the lives and lands of their articles.

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307. Radio Diaries: Personal narratives reveal big stories

Joe Richman, founder, executive producer and host of Radio Diaries, joins producer Michael O’Connell to explore the intimacy of radio as a storytelling medium, the use of supplemental audio to enrich a story and how good storytellers come in all shapes, sizes and speaking patterns.

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306. Facebook, fake news and fact checking

Laura Hazard Owen, a deputy editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab, joins producer Michael O’Connell to discuss her weekly column, where she’s been writing, about the spread and use of fake news and its implications in society, the role Facebook and Twitter play in its dissemination and whether Facebook’s pledge to open its records to research will shed any light on the secretive company’s policies and practices.

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305. The simplicity and compelling nature of audio storytelling

Phoebe Judge, host of the Criminal and This Is Love podcasts, joins producer Michael O’Connell to talk about her love of the audio format, the luxury of keeping silence in recordings and her delight in asking the mundane questions about life and work.

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304. Fighting for truth through transparency and sunlight

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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