605. Pop culture’s influence on media is the subject of a new college course
Richard Lee, a professor in the Jandoli School of Communication at St. Bonaventure University, is teaching a class on the intersection of pop culture and media.
Better News: Tips and strategies for improving community-focused election coverage
David Plazas, director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network Tennessee, recently wrote a study for the Better News initiative on how The Tennessean created a significant,...
597. J-school students express hope, concern for journalism’s future
Angelica Amegashie, Andrew Herbst, and Beatrice Amune are members of the student chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists at William Paterson University. The chapter was recently named SPJ’s...
596. Plight of indigenous people former Army Ranger’s beat
Cyrus Norcross is a former Army Ranger turned Navajo journalist who covers indigenous affairs, specifically missing and murdered indigenous people.
Better News revisits the best stories of 2023
Kamaria Roberts, the deputy director of local news transformation at the American Press Institute, highlights the work API has done over the last year through its Better News Initiative and...
Subscribe
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: Nonprofit newsrooms turn rivalry into revenue stream
The newsrooms of The Chronicle at Duke University and The Daily Tar Heel teamed up to create the Rivalry Challenge around the schools' annual basketball game.
Better News: COVID-19 timeline helps newsroom attract new subscribers
On this episode of Better News, Randi Stevenson shares how a COVID-19 timeline helped boost subscriptions at the San Antonio News-Express.
Better News: Measure the impact of local journalism on your community
Anjanette Delgado discusses how the Detroit Free Press uses a community impact report to measure its effect on the community.
Better News: Use Slack to host cultural conversations in your newsroom
Corinne Chin tells Better News how The Seattle Times uses Slack to facilitate cultural conversations in its newsroom.
Subscribe To Our Newsletter
Subscribe to the It’s All Journalism weekly newsletter to receive the latest news about our podcast.
606. Private equity firms in search of profits are killing off newsrooms
Margot Susca, American University’s first professor of journalism, accountability and democracy, discusses her new book, “Hedged: How Private Investment Funds Help to Destroy America’s Newsrooms."