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The Journalism Salute

The Journalism Salute is a journalism appreciation podcast. We interview working journalists about who they are and what they do.Our aim is to have diverse guests, thoughtful questions, and interesting conversation.If you're an aspiring journalist, you'll learn potential careers to pursue and tips to put to use.If you're an experienced journalist, you'll learn about like-minded members of your profession with notable stories to tell.And if you're not a journalist, we hope

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42:12

Isiah Holmes, Reporter: Wisconsin Examiner

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/07/18

On this episode we’re joined by Isiah Holmes. Isiah has been an award-winning reporter for Wisconsin Examiner since 2019. He’s a multimedia journalist who will be a Type Media fellow for the next year, which allows him to further his investigative reporting pursuits. He’s a lifelong resident of Milwaukee.Isiah talked about his journalism origin story, one that might inspire future reporters who have difficulty paying for college. He has a particular interest in covering several areas, including

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35:58

Sonner Kehrt, Investigative Reporter: The War Horse

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/07/11

Note that this episode was recorded and produced before the June 30 news broke about the Coast Guard's failure to pursue criminal investigations of a large number of sexual assaults of former students at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. You can read about that here.Sonner Kehrt is an investigative reporter for The War Horse, a non-profit newsroom covering the military and veterans. She’s based in California and has been a journalist since 2015 and a lecturer at Berkeley since 2018.Prior to that she

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38:17

Lyndsay C. Green, Pulitzer Finalist Dining &...

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/07/04

On this episode we’re joined by Lyndsay C. Green. Lyndsay is a dining and restaurant critic for the Detroit Free Press. This past year she was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for criticism for a body of work described thusly by her employer.Eye-opening, thought-provoking and mouthwatering, Lyndsay’s work brings fresh perspective and uncommon courage to readers hungry for brave dining criticism. She taps into Detroit’s culturally expansive and unpretentious spirit as she reviews area

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34:14

John Casey, Senior Editor - The Advocate

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/06/27

A caution: This episode includes brief discussion of sexual abuse in the Catholic church and of suicidal thoughts.On this episode of The Journalism Salute, we're joined by John Casey. John is a senior editor and columnist at The Advocate, the world’s oldest and largest LGBTQ news outlet. John is in his late 50s. He’s spent much of his career in public relations, first on Capital Hill, then for big companies like Toys R Us and Nielsen.He’s in his first year as senior editor after previously

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41:13

Amber Payne, Publisher & General Manager - The...

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/06/19

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon is joined by Amber Payne. Amber is the publisher and general manager of The Emancipator.This struck us as an important episode to release on Juneteenth.The Emancipator is the Reimagining of the first abolitionist newspaper for a new day. Explaining and exploring solutions to racial inequality. It began as a partnership between Boston University and the Boston Globe. It is now housed at BU’s center for Anti-Racist Research, which is run by Dr

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34:09

C.J. Janovy, KCUR & "No Place Like Home"...

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/06/13

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon is joined by C.J. Janovy. C.J. is the director of content for KCUR, the NPR affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri.She has previously worked as editor of The Pitch, Kansas City’s alt-weekly, and as an editor at Kansas Reflector, a non-profit covering state government in Kansas.She’s also the author of the book No Place Like Home, Lessons in Activism from LGBT Kansas. There’s a documentary that serves as a sequel to the book, directed by Kevin Wilmott,

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37:10

Melissa Sanchez, Pro Publica

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/06/06

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon is joined by Melissa Sanchez.Melissa is a bilingual reporter for Pro Publica, which does investigative journalism in the public interest.Melissa is based in Chicago and covers labor and immigration. She just won a Studs Terkel award for her work (that’s a very important award to Chicago journalists). Her stories are deep investigative pieces that are read by people who can enact change.We talk to her about one in particular, the death of a young

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36:08

Justine Harman, "Killed" Podcast

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/05/30

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon is joined by Justine Harman. Justine is a journalist and podcaster and current host of the podcast Killed. Killed is a podcast about journalism that gets … killed … for a variety of reasons. Season 2 from Audiochuck is currently ongoing. It’s ranked among the most downloaded podcasts in Seasons 1 and 2.We talked about Justine’s former career as a magazine writer and editor (she still does freelance work) at Elle and Glamour, and how she works to

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40:20

Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/05/23

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Richard Ruelas. Richard has been a reporter and metro columnist at the Arizona Republic for 30 years. He has moderated debates, written a book, and also reported and anchored a podcast series about a murdered Arizona journalist, Don Bolles. And he’s an adjunct professor at Arizona State.Richard talked about all aspects of his career, including his reporting on Turning Point USA, his moderating a contentious debate for Arizona Secretary of State, his podcast

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37:04

Peter Rice, Downtown Albuquerque News

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/05/16

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Peter Rice. Peter is the editor of Downtown Albuquerque News in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He’s been a reporter for both print outlets and local NPR stations and has written multiple books. Downtown Albuquerque News is what it says it is – a digital news outlet serving downtown Albuquerque and surrounding neighborhoods. Hyperlocal news.Peter talked about his and the newsletter’s origin story, gave a couple of examples of the type of coverage his news outlet

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30:36

Rebecca Johnson, Editor-in-Chief, The Pitt News

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/05/09

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon is joined by Rebecca Johnson. Rebecca is a graduating senior from the University of Pittsburgh who plans a career in journalism. She’s just finishing her tenure as editor in chief of The Pitt News, overseeing a staff of 18 editors and 150 contributors. She’s also done multiple internships, including one covering education for the Austin American-Statesman.Rebecca talked about her journalism origin story (she just wrote about it too), discussed

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34:41

Sydney Ross, A&T Register Managing Editor

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/05/02

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon is joined by Sydney Ross. Sydney is a graduating student at North Carolina A&T majoring in multimedia journalism. She’s the managing editor of The A&T Register, the school’s newspaper and the founder of the non-profit, Change the Type.Sydney is headed to North Carolina’s journalism school graduate program but took time to reminisce about her journalism origin story and her time at the Register. She talked about the challenges of being a

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45:22

So You Want To Be A Freelance Journalist w/ Pete Croatto

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/04/25

With some of our student listeners looking for work, Mark Simon thought this would be a good episode of The Journalism Salute to provide guidance should any of them wish to do freelance work.Pete talked about his freelancing career and provided instructive examples from work he’s done, including a recent Q&A with former Super Bowl-winning coach Tom Coughlin, as well as feature profiles, movie reviews, oral histories, and his book on the growth of the NBA, From Hang Time To Prime Time. Pete

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37:55

Monica Samayoa: Reporter, Oregon Public Broadcasting;...

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/04/18

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon is joined by Monica Samayoa. Monica is a climate reporter for Oregon Public Broadcasting (OPB) and is co-chair of the steering committee for The Uproot Project, a network of environmental journalists of color.Monica did not expect to become a climate reporter and filled us in on the path that took her to this job. She walked us through the different kinds of stories she covered, with examples. She included tips for aspiring radio reporters as well

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Mia Maldonado & Ximena Bustillo, Voces Internship of...

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/04/11

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, we’re joined by Idaho Capital Sun reporter Mia Maldonado.Mia never took a journalism class in college but was able to start her career as part of the Voces Internship of Idaho program, which coordinates internships for aspiring Latino/Latina journalists with local newsrooms.Mia talked about her time as an intern at the Capital Sun and as a breaking news reporter at the Idaho Statesman. She recounted some of the prominent stories she’s covered and talked

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29:32

Tim Whitaker, Executive Director - Mighty Writers

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/04/04

On this episode of The Journalism Salute we’re joined by Tim Whitaker. Tim has been a teacher and a journalist and is the executive director of Mighty Writers.Mighty Writers is a Philadelphia-based non-profit that teaches 3,500 kids per year to think clearly and write with clarity. It works out of Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey.Tim talked about the highlights from his lengthy career as a journalist in Philadelphia, most notably as editor of Philadelphia Weekly Magazine. He explained the

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39:14

Laurie Ezzell Brown, The Canadian Record (Texas)

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/03/28

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, we’re joined by Laurie Ezzell Brown. She was the publisher and editor of The Canadian Record, a community weekly covering Hemphill County in the northeastern Texas Panhandle from 1893 to 2023, and a legacy business owned and published by the Ezzell family since the late 1940s.Laurie spoke about being born into her journalism origin story and provided an oral history of the Ezzell family and how the small, rural newspaper lasted so long before publication was

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40:35

Sarah Spicer, Committee to Protect Journalists

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/03/21

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, we’re joined by Sarah Spicer. Sarah is a news editor for the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). She was just named to Editor & Publisher’s “25 Under 35.” Sarah is a graduate of Emporia State University in Kansas, where she was editor-in-chief of her school paper, as well as Columbia School of Journalism.Sarah talked about her current role and the work that CPJ does to fight for reporter’s rights and safety worldwide (the organization helped free 130

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37:58

Tiffany Tan, Reporter: VTDigger

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/03/14

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, we’re joined by Tiffany Tan, a reporter for the non-profit VTDigger who covers southwest Vermont. Tiffany’s career has taken her around the globe, in the Philippines as a TV producer, in Singapore and China as a writer and editor. She’s worked in the United States in both South Dakota and Vermont.Tiffany talked about her reporting experiences both abroad and in the United States. She explained the mission of VTDigger and why doing this kind of work was

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34:23

Luella Brien: Editor-In-Chief, Four Points Press;...

The Journalism Salute ·

2023/03/07

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon is joined by Luella Brien. Luella is the editor-in-chief at Four Points Press, an independent media company which covers the Crow Indian Reservation in southern Montana. Luella also teaches high school journalism and has taught college in the past too. She was the primary narrator in the new Showtime docu-series, Murder in Big Horn.Luella talked about her passion for journalism from a young age, how she hopes to grow her non-profit to tell both

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