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5 more podcasts to check out

June 18, 2019 Michael O'Connell 00:10:48

I’m happy to announce that 22 Hours: An American Nightmare, the podcast we interviewed Megan Cloherty and Jack Moore about last week, shot to the top of Apple Podcasts’ ratings in its first week. While we had very little do with the show’s success, we’re happy to see our podcasting friends doing well. This morning, I posted a short…

360. New true-crime podcast tackles ‘An American Nightmare’

June 6, 2019 Michael O'Connell 00:31:47

“The best thing that can be said about this crime was from the prosecutor,” said Megan Cloherty, former It’s All Journalism producer and co-creator of 22 Hours: An American Nightmare, a new true-crime podcast from WTOP News Radio in Washington, D.C. “She said: ‘This a crime that nightmares are made of.’” Jack Moore, the podcast’s co-creator,…

Associate Professor Jeremy Lurgio and Assistant Professor Jason Begay of the University of Montana School of Journalism.

352. Students filling a coverage gap for Montana’s Native American country

April 11, 2019 Amelia Brust 00:30:58

Spread across Montana are seven Native American reservations and the state-recognized Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians. And for four months each year, a team of students from the University of Montana School of Journalism reports their stories. The Native News Honors Project, now in its 28th year, has two missions: To bring much-needed coverage…

How I beat deadline anxiety to write a book

April 10, 2019 Michael O'Connell

Like a lot of people, I struggle with anxiety. Deadlines are particularly stressful, which is crazy because I’m in an industry in which the deadline is sacrosanct. Your editor gives you a deadline and come hell or high water, you better get that story in on time. Fortunately, over the last 10 years, I’ve developed strategies through cognitive…

Jason Fraley is the entertainment editor at WTOP Radio in Washington, D.C.

340. Genre films continue to dominate box office in 2018

January 17, 2019 Michael O'Connell 00:56:19

On this week’s It’s All Journalism podcast, producer Michael O’Connell welcomes WTOP entertainment editor Jason Fraley back to the podcast to discuss his Top 10 movies of 2018. They talk about some of the recent trends in the the film industry and which movies the public came out in droves to see.