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Facebook will do what Facebook does

Last Thursday, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be changing the focus of customers’ news feeds, giving priority to posts from friends and family over content posted by brands, businesses and media outlets. This decision, he said, was based on feedback from the social media platform’s customers. As a Facebook consumer and journalist, I’m of…

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287. That time of year when reporters count backwards

In the spirit of counting backwards, Jason Fraley, entertainment editor at WTOP in Washington, D.C., and the co-host of the Capital Culture podcast joined It’s All Journalism producer Michael O’Connell in studio to count down the top movies of 2017.

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286. Audience engagement, entrepreneurship top 2017 podcasts

On this week’s It’s All Journalism, producers Amber Healy, Nicole Ogrysko and Michael O’Connell count down the 10 most downloaded podcasts of 2017. Digital innovation and entrepreneurship dominates the list, but what topics didn’t?

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Special Announcement: We’ll do it live!

  After more than five years and 280 episodes, we’re proud to announce that we’ll be hosting the first live recording of our weekly It’s All Journalism podcast. In partnership with the Association of Alternative Newsmedia, the Online News Association’s D.C. Meetup Group and the National Press Club, It’s All Journalism will be hosting a…

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Farewell and thank you, Steve Buttry

Steve Buttry, longtime educator, journalist and friend of our podcast, died of pancreatic cancer on Feb. 19. He will be missed by the countless journalists whose careers he touched with his steadfast encouragement and enthusiasm for the future of our industry.

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194. FOIA request exposes FOIA-reform obstruction

Back in 2008, when President Barack Obama first took office, he pledged to have the most transparent administration in history. He’s fallen a bit short on that promise. Jason Leopold, an investigative reporter with VICE News, was recently honored as part of Sunshine Week, which pays tribute to reporters and advocates who work to bring…

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