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Better News: Food and drink reporting drives revenue to The Sacramento Bee
January 09, 2024

Benjy Egel became the The Sacramento Bee’s food and drink reporter in 2018. For the next five years, he watched the city's culinary scene blossom, attracting Michelin stars and James Beard Award nominations. Egel's reporting drew more than 1,000 new subsc

IAJ Best of 2023: Anna Robertson, The Cool Down
January 04, 2024

In order to give the IAJ team some time off to enjoy the holidays with their families, we're revisiting our most popular episodes of 2023.  Last week, we shared the second-most downloaded episode of the year, our interview with Adam Rice, the editor of th

IAJ Best of 2023: Peter Rice, editor of the Downtown Albuquerque News
December 28, 2023

This week and next, the It's All Journalism team is taking some time off to enjoy the holidays and spend time with our loved ones. It's become a tradition that at the end of the year, we like to look back at some of the great conversations we've had. This

How can journalists and academic researchers find common ground?
December 21, 2023

Tamar Wilner is a postdoctorate fellow at UT Austins School of information, where she works on Co-Designing for Trust National Science Foundation-funded project aimed at tackling the misinformation crisis. She and Valrie Belair-Gagnon recentlywrote a r

Empowerment journalism: How to build trust with the community you're covering
December 14, 2023

Andie Crossan and Britney Dennison coauthoredThe Empowerment Journalism Guide. Crossan talks to Its All Journalism host Michael OConnell about how empowerment journalism can help newsrooms produce community-engaged reporting.Visit the It's All Journ

Better News: Tips and strategies for improving community-focused election coverage
December 12, 2023

One of the most important missions a local news organization has is covering local politics and elections. However, with shrinking staffs and limited resources, many digital media outlets struggle to effectively achieve this mission. David Plazas, directo

J-school students express hope, concern for journalism's future
December 07, 2023

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 SPJs chapter of the year. They discuss their hopes and conc

Plight of indigenous people former Army Ranger's beat
November 30, 2023

Cyrus Norcross is a former Army Ranger turned Navajo journalist who covers indigenous affairs, specifically missing and murdered indigenous people.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newslett

Better News revisits the best stories of 2023
November 28, 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 what may be in store for 2024. The Better News podcast is a partn

It's time to reimagine what journalism can be
November 23, 2023

Andrea Wenzel, associate professor atTemple Universitys Klein College of Media and Communicationand the director of Temples master of journalism program, discusses her new book "Antiracist Journalism: The Challenge of Creating Equitable Local News."V