360. New true-crime podcast tackles ‘An American Nightmare’
“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,...
359. Reporter uses pop-up newsrooms to amplify Philly’s unheard voices
Many a wide-eyed, hungry young journalist vows to do her best to amplify the voice of the unheard and shine a light on those hidden in the shadows of...
358. How to cover diversity, political division in a divided America
On Election Night 2016, after the polls had closed and the results were in, Farai Chideya emerged from the ABC Digital newsroom near Times Square to find a much...
357. Keeping print alive in Toronto’s West End
Holding a writing instrument might have come slightly before holding a guitar, and is admittedly slightly easier, but Dave Bidini has been combining writing and music most of his...
356. Branded content and the battle for your audience’s trust
The conversations around branded versus editorial content have continued to evolve since 2014, when we first talked to Melanie Deziel, the founder of StoryFuel. In that time, so much...
355. All the news that fits in 10 minutes
More than a decade into her career, with most of that time spent at the CBS affiliate in Los Angeles, Erica Mandy noticed she was hearing a very common...
354. Misinformation, deep fake videos and the peril of mismanaged AI
Three years ago, Amy Webb told the Online News Association’s annual conference that it was possible to take video footage of a person speaking and create a very believable...
353. Reveal sues ICE for not responding to FOIA request
In the course of researching stories, reporters will often ask their sources directly for documents needed to explain a situation. This is pretty common practice. When Aura Bogado was...
352. Students filling a coverage gap for Montana’s Native American country
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...
How I beat deadline anxiety to write a book
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...
351. Mistrust of the media isn’t new, but it’s getting worse
The American public’s distrust of the media is not new. Neither is it surprising, says Kyle Pope, publisher and editor-in-chief of the Columbia Journalism Review. But how bad is...
361. The Browser seeks out, shares the day’s best writing
What makes a good piece of journalism? What makes an article not only worth reading, but nearly timeless? “Most good journalism has staying power. The best journalism has the...