These are the It’s All Journalism podcast episodes published in 2020.
Journalism and careers therein are changing. But the core values of being fair, being transparent, being accurate and getting the story quickly remain cornerstones of the industry. Peter Copeland, the former Washington, D.C. bureau chief for E.W. Scripps, got his start in journalism as a reporter in Chicago, thanks to political discussions with a neighbor…
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Lewis Raven Wallace has never been entirely objective — so how could he expect to be as a journalist? He cut his teeth as an activist and community organizer for issues such as transgender rights, police violence in Chicago and racial discrimination. On top of all that, as a transgender person his identity was never…
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As a new journalist, Sarah Ramantanis knows the world of reporting and writing isn’t what it used to be. But she’s still ready to do what she can to make a go of it. “I think I’ve always gravitated toward hearing stories about people going through something challenging,” she says. “One of the main reasons…
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The world of data journalism has opened up and become more user friendly than ever at the exact right moment. Simon Rogers, a data journalist with the Google News Initiative, says it wasn’t so long ago that graphic designers were still relying on pen and ink for their images. They had to work harder, and…
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In reality, there’s only one story in the U.S. these days, and every newsroom is trying to figure out the best way to cover it — the new coronavirus. “People are consuming news at a much higher rate and relying on journalism more” as coronavirus cases begin to reach double, if not triple, digits in…
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What if there was a way to get around writer’s block? What if people in creative jobs figured out a way to cultivate a steady stream of ideas and stories to tell? After all, there’s no such thing as a day where a newspaper doesn’t print, or a broadcast station doesn’t have a newscast. Melanie…
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