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Reporting project from WBEZ and the Better Government Association. Contributed to editorial planning for project and served as the lead editor on four radio features for WBEZ. Helped to shape pitch for NPR version and coached audio reporter throughout the six month reporting process.
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If you work in public radio, you might just be on a sugar detox right now. And no, that’s not a comment on the stereo-typically healthy diets of public media staffers. Public radio folks across the country recently took part in the 6th annual Public Radio Cake Week. The tradition started at Vermont Public Radio…
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If a major issue is affecting your community, chances are its impact reaches beyond your town line. That’s especially true of the opioid epidemic in Pennsylvania, where the drug overdose rate is more than twice the national average. Earlier this year, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf even issued a disaster declaration for Pennsylvania’s “heroin and opioid…
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What are public media’s classical stations doing to innovate? For one station, the answer involves a throwback to an earlier broadcasting era. Back in the day, radio and TV stations all had jingles. But that tradition has fallen out of fashion — few stations have their own dedicated theme. Up until last year, KMFA in…
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It was only a matter of time before public media had its own #MeToo moment. And it’s had more than one over the past six months, with hosts and senior leaders changing roles or no longer in their jobs following a range of accusations about harassment, bullying and inappropriate workplace behavior. Such allegations have a…
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You’ve done your interviews, written your script and filed your story. But did you do one last fact-check? On this episode of The Pub, I look at what newsrooms are doing about fact-checking. No longer just for magazines or long-form projects, some public media newsrooms have begun to apply more robust fact-checking to their daily…
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So your favorite podcast has a new host! Do you keep listening? On this episode of The Pub, I take a look at how a show survives a changing of the guard. For new hosts: How do you fill your beloved predecessor’s shoes while still honoring the longtime audience? When you inevitably make changes, will they…
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Should a journalist take to the mic to share a personal story? The short answer: Maybe. Whether you’re a news host who wonders how much to reveal about yourself in your interview questions or an independent podcast producer hoping to mine your family history for material, you’ll want to tell your own story in a…
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You got promoted! Great. Now what? Years of journalism training haven’t necessarily prepared you for the art of managing people. You might even find yourself supervising your peers. Before you know it, you stop getting those invitations to happy hour. You are the boss. Judith Smelser and Michael Marcotte have seen this scenario and many,…
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Reported piece for Vermont Public Radio’s Gunshots Project.
Annie Russell 