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.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rob Lee, host of the Truth In This Art podcast, discusses the misconceptions about Baltimore and the unique perspective artists provide. They also talk about podcast publishing frequency, analyzing podcast data, instances of racial insensitivity, and preparing for engaging interviews.

Gameday and digital host for the New York Mets Mike Janela talks about the multimedia skills he's had to master and how important preparation is in staying one step ahead of the person you're interviewing and ready to take the conversation in a new and interesting direction.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Christina Estes, a senior field correspondent at Phoenix NPR station KJZZ, recently penned “Off the Air," a mystery novel that was inspired by her career as a broadcast journalist.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dr. Anthony Feinstein, author of “Moral Courage: 19 Profiles of Investigative Journalists," conducted the first study on the topic of journalists, trauma and emotional well-being. On the latest episode of It's All Journalism, he discusses moral courage and what motivates journalists to put themselves in harm's way.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter and get chance to win an It's All Journalism mug. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Meghann Cuniff, a legal affairs reporter based in Southern California, has a long history of covering breaking news, conducting investigations and writing long-form narratives from courtrooms about high-profile cases.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 subscribers to The Bee who wanted to learn the latest about Sacramento's new cultural heartbeat.Sacramentans' love for the city's local restaurants inspired Egel to write “Sacramento Eats: Recipes from the Capital Region’s Favorite Restaurants." The cookbook not only highlights the city's award-winning chefs, it also includes their recipes so that readers can prepare their favorite dishes at home.Egel recently wrote a piece for Better News on how other news organizations can create a regional keepsake that drives revenue toward their newsroom. Egel discusses that with host Michael O’Connell on this week's Better News podcast. Read the full study.The Better News podcast is a partnership between It’s All Journalism and the American Press Institute to a) showcase innovative/experimental ideas that emerge from the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund and b) share replicable strategies and tactics that benefit the news industry as a whole. Sign up for the Better News newsletter to receive news about the latest resources, case studies, and insights. For more news about the IAJ podcast, sign up for the weekly IAJ newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 the Downtown Albuquerque News.This week, we're featuring our most-downloaded episode of 2023, IAJ host Michael O'Connell's conversation with Anna Robertson, co-founder and chief content officer of The Cool Down. In addition to replaying our interview with Robertson from last January, we check in with Robertson to see what's happened over the intervening months at The Cool Down.Subscribe to our newsletter, win an IAJ mugOur first regular episode of 2024 will also be the 600th episode of It's All Journalism. To celebrate, we wanted to reward our most loyal listeners by giving away a limited number of our IAJ mugs.On Feb. 1, we'll randomly draw names from our newsletter subscription list. If you already subscribe to our newsletter, you don't need to do anything. But if you aren't a subscriber, follow this link to subscribe to our weekly newsletter in order to be eligible for our mug giveaway drawing. The deadline for subscribing to the newsletter is 12 midnight (ET) on Jan. 31. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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 week we're sharing the second-most downloaded episode of 2023, our interview with Adam Rice, the editor of the Downtown Albuquerque News. In addition to reposting our interview with Rice, IAJ host Michael O'Connell checks in to see what's changed since we spoke to him in January. Be sure to download and listen to next week's episode as well, when we share not only our most downloaded episode of 2023, but announce our Top 10 Episodes of 2023. We'll also be making a special announcement about our upcoming 600th episode in January. As always, thanks again for listening to our podcast. We love producing it and look forward to sharing more interviews with working journalists about the ever-changing state of media. Peace. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tamar Wilner is a postdoctorate fellow at UT Austin’s School of information, where she works on Co-Designing for Trust National Science Foundation-funded project aimed at tackling the misinformation crisis. She and Valérie Belair-Gagnon recently wrote a report for Nieman Lab on the disconnect between what journalists experience in the newsroom and what academic researchers understand about the news industry.Visit the It's All Journalism website to find out how to subscribe to our podcast and weekly email newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices