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541. Shutting people out of democracy: What it looks like

Matt DeRienzo discusses the Center for Public Integrity’s new 50-state plus D.C. investigation of how voting access has become less equitable since the 2020 election and what that bodes for next Tuesday’s mid-term elections.

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540. Uplifting a vision of media that better serves democracy

Collette Watson and Diamond Hardiman of the Free Press discuss how Media 2070 seeks to empower Black journalists and others from marginalized communities to create and control the distribution of their own stories.

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538. Wallace Carroll blazed a trail for a generation of journalists

Mary McNeil is a former editor and writer for the Congressional Quarterly, talks to It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about her new biography of Wallace Carroll and what today’s journalist’s can learn from this pioneering editor’s life.

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536. Axios has a brief message for journalists

Mike Allen, co-founder of Politico and Axios, talks to It’s All Journalism host Michael O’Connell about the new book he co-authored with Jim VandeHei and Roy Schwartz: “Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More with Less.”

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Better News: Social videos help Buffalo News increase engagement, sponsorships

Geoff Nason and fellow Buffalo News staffers Mark Gaughan and Danielle Ossher join Better News host Michael O’Connell to discuss the first season of Buffalo Bills PlayAction videos they produced.

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Better News: Nuestro Estado meets needs of Spanish-speaking audience

Fernando Soto, CEO and publisher of Nuestro Estado, recently wrote a case study for Better News about how the website increased capacity to ensure the information it published was accurate, timely and culturally competent in order to better serve its Spanish-speaking audience. 

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