When I started this podcast nine years ago, I assumed at some point I would interview Greg Bledsoe. At the time he was the reigning two-time NPPA national Solo Video Journalist of the Year. He was one

Last spring, when so many of us were frightened and nervous at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the world of journalism and the world as a whole felt chaotic and upended, Reshma Kirpalanilean

I've done 83 episodes of the Telling the Story podcast and, in the process, interviewed nearly as many talented storytellers and journalists. - Episode 84 is different. - This time, I interviewed some

On his first day covering Twin Cities protests after the death of George Floyd, photographer Ed Ou briefly became the news. - Ou says he was set up with a group of journalists as curfew hit. He says s

Quick confession: I honestly don't remember when I first heard about Lynsey Weatherspoon. - It might have been last spring, when one of her photos of the George Floyd protests in Atlanta went viral. I

After conducting this interview - and then listening back to it - I felt fired up to go out and tell a story. - I wanted to pick up my camera, put on an N95, get in my car, and do something great. - T

Theres a line I sometimes recite when I feel Ive reached a professional roadblock. - Its a punchline from an eighth-season episode of Seinfeld, where George Costanza is trying to spin his meager li

The "origin story" is a superhero movie staple: how one everyday individual discovered extraordinary powers and realized her or his destiny of defending the city, country, world, or galaxy. - In the journalism world,

The first time I met Neima Abdulahi, it was her first week at our station, WXIA-TV in Atlanta, and I was asked if she could shadow me for a day. - But I quickly learned: Abdulahi is nobody's shadow. - She grew up in Atlanta and returned professionall...

I think many of us are reckoning with our roles as journalists - and questioning some of the supposed set-in-stone practices of the profession. - We're thinking more about representation, and we're examining where we fall short as both individuals and...