A look back at the Better News podcast

In this special episode, Jan Ross Sakian, API's Table Stakes community manager, joins host Michael O’Connell to wrap up the sixth and final season of the Better News podcast.

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647. Prison Journalism Program helps incarcerated individuals find their voice

Yukari Kane and Shaheen Pasha, co-founders of the Prison Journalism Project, discuss the challenges of creating and implementing a journalism curriculum in order to help incarcerated people find their...

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642. Reporting in a world of diminishing trust

Alexander Howard, a self-described earnest advocate for freedom of information, open governance, and digital democracy, talks about his concerns and hopes for journalism and America's future.

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641. ‘Embracing a wider idea of what journalism is and can be’

Writer and English instructor Lonnie Lee Hood discusses their passion for journalism and their experiences being a trans, freelance journalist in Tennessee.

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640. Here Goes Nothing. Here Goes Everything.

This week, the It's All Journalism team discusses a new 10-part series featuring some of our favorite guests. Trust us. This is not an episode you should skip. Listen...

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639. Digital startup steps up when relentless storms devastate community

Photojournalist Kevin Painchaud is a member of the Lookout Santa Cruz team that won a Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News for its community-focused coverage of the flooding and...

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Featured Guests

“I’m not saying we forget the lessons we learned in print or that we abandon the good value that was created.” 

“The heavy reliance on law enforcement to tell these narratives is really problematic. Their reports are inaccurate.”

“Here in Israel, I can be my whole full self and I can be a journalist and I can also be a Jew, it’s just my lifestyle.”

“Such a simple observation really made me reconsider every image of every person I had ever taken up to that point.”

Better News

Better News: How a ‘substantial lifestyle’ inspires and uplifts Black audiences

Greg Hedgepeth, president and CEO of Substantial Media LLC, shares strategies Substantial has used to grow its audience and connect with the Black community.

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Better News: Building trust with rural communities

The American Press Institute recently hosted a panel discussion with alumni from the Tables Stakes Local News Transformation Program about how journalists can build trust with rural communities.

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Better News: HBCU Gameday grows from passion project to multi-tiered success

Tolly Carr talks about what attracted him to HBCU Gameday, and what advice he'd give to other media entrepreneurs who wish to take their passion project to the next...

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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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