The Journalism Salute Podcast Update - December 2023
A look at some of the prominent guests we've interviewed recently
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I’ve posted 4 podcast episodes since my last update (giving me more than 150 in all) and I’d like to tell you about those interviews.
Colleen Cronin is a recent graduate of Brown University who now covers rural Rhode Island environmental stories for the non-profit ecoRI News via Report for America.
In this clip, Colleen talked about how she connects with the people in her coverage area.
Colleen also talked about all the different things she covers on her beat, from leaf peeping to humane fish killing to mass transit issues, and much more.
Adrianna Adame is an indigenous democracy and education reporter for Buffalo’s Fire via Report for America.
Buffalo’s Fire is a non-profit website that produces independent journalism to enhance the quality of life for Native communities through news coverage that informs and engages American Indians and lifts up their stories to the broader culture.
Adrianna explained how she has been reconnecting to her Native roots while working in this job. And she shared what it was like to report on stories such as ones about a homeless shelter to promote sobriety and a personal piece on following the traditions of her great grandmother.
Joseph Bustos is a state government and politics reporter at The State, a daily newspaper in Columbia, South Carolina.
Joseph is currently covering the Republican presidential primary candidates and also covers the statehouse. He gave us examples of his reporting and of what a day in the life is like on the beat. In this clip, he explained how he gets his scoops.
Rochelle Estrada is a senior journalism major at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey. She is the president of the William Paterson chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.
The chapter just won the award for student chapter of the year, the 2nd time in 4 years that William Paterson has earned that distinction under professor Nick Hirshon.
Rochelle talked about her broadcast journalism aspirations, the different activities and events that the SPJ chapter does, and about some of the work she’s most proud of.
Past Episode Flashback:
#116 Sarah Spicer, Committee to Protect Journalists
This seems like a good time to remind people about my interview with Sarah Spicer of The Committee to Protect Journalists. CPJ is keeping close watch on journalist deaths in the Israel-Gaza war. Sarah is an important part of their work as a news editor.
Sarah also has a fascinating backstory. She grew up in rural Kansas won awards in college for her coverage of Emporia State University’s cover-up of a sexual assault by a professor on a student.
You can read a detailed summary of my interview with her and listen to it here.
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With my interviews of Colleen, Adrianna, and Joseph, my 150+ episodes include interviews with journalists working in or covering 48 of the 50 states. And I’m going to complete all 50 by year’s end. You can find the entire catalog of episodes at my website - and you can see lists by category. So if you’re looking for all my interviews with environmental or political journalists, they’re just a click away.
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