IAJ Best of 2023: Anna Robertson, The Cool Down

In order to give the It’s All Journalism team some time off to enjoy the holidays with their families, we’re revisiting our most popular episodes of 2023.

Last week, we shared the second-most downloaded episode of the year, our interview with Adam Rice, the editor of the Downtown Albuquerque News.

This week, we’re featuring our most-downloaded episode of 2023, IAJ host Michael O’Connell’s conversation with Anna Robertson, co-founder and chief content officer of The Cool Down. In addition to replaying our interview with Robertson from last January, we check in to see what’s happened over the intervening months at The Cool Down.

Special Announcement

Our first regular episode of 2024 will also be the 600th episode of It’s All Journalism. To celebrate, we wanted to reward our most loyal listeners by giving away a limited number of our IAJ mugs.

On Feb. 1, we’ll randomly draw names from our newsletter subscription list. If you’re already a subscriber, you don’t need to do anything. But if you aren’t a subscriber, follow this link to subscribe to our weekly newsletter in order to be eligible for our mug giveaway drawing.

It's All Journalism's Best Episodes of 2023

Better News: How San Antonio Express News Created A Winning Newsletter Strategy

Cameron Songer, the newsletter editor at the San Antonio Express News, shares tips on how newsrooms can improve their newsletter workflow.

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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...

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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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563. What artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT mean for the future of journalism

David Cohn, senior director of the AlphaGroup tech/media incubator and the co-founder and chief strategy officer of Subtext, says artificial intelligence programs like ChatGPT won't be taking journalists jobs,...

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IAJ Best of 2023: Peter Rice, editor of the Downtown Albuquerque News

It’s All Journalism catches up with Peter Rice of the Downtown Albuquerque News.

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IAJ Best of 2023: Anna Robertson, The Cool Down

IAJ's interview with Anna Robertson, co-founder and chief content officer of The Cool Down, was the most downloaded podcast episode of 2023.

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Podcast Debut: Kat Downs Mulder livestream interview

It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell talks to Kat Downs Mulder, the former chief production officer and managing editor at The Washington Post. This interview originally aired Feb. 24, 2022 as a Facebook Live Event to commemorate IAJ’s 500th episode.

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