Demystifying Media at the University of Oregon
How we consume and create media is changing faster than ever. The Hearst Demystifying Media Series from the School of Journalism and Communication (SOJC) at the University of Oregon explores these dynamics. With interviews and guest lecturers from leading media practitioners and scholars, it dives into the latest digital developments and their implications. Hosted by University of Oregon journalism professor Damian Radcliffe, each episode features leading experts—media practitioners, academics, and researchers— to talk about these global developments. Conversations and guest lectures are recorded at the University of Oregon campus in the Pacific North West. #demystifying #UOSOJC Get in touch: dami...
Thu, June 06, 2024
#67 Demystifying Media Guest Lecture: Life Behind the Lens - Roberto Valenzuela's Photography Secrets
About Our Guest: Roberto Valenzuela is a wedding, portrait, commercial and fashion photographer partnered with Canon USA. As a Canon Explorer of Light, Valenzuela is recognized for his innovative use of light in photography and outstanding influence in the photography field. His wedding photography has been featured in Cosmopolitan Bride, Rangefinder and Professional Photographers of America. He is the top-selling wedding photography author on Amazon with his Picture Perfect and Wedding Storytelling series'. Find Roberto Valenzuela Online: Portfolio Instagram Amazon Author Page YouTube Want to listen to this episode a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn Podchaser
Tue, June 04, 2024
#66 Demystifying Science Communication with podcaster Rose Rimler
About Our Guest: Rose Rimler is a senior producer for the Spotify/Gimlet Media podcast Science Vs . An alumni from the University of Oregon, Rose graduated with a masters in marine biology and conducted studies on oysters in the Pacific Northwest. She was a AAA Mass Media fellow with the American Association for the Advancement of Science and has written for the Raleigh News and Observer, Healthline, and Sleep Review Magazine. Science Vs. researches claims made on social media and examines whether the ideas are based in fact or not. Science Vs. takes material from political discourse and controversial opinion, with topics ranging from universal healthcare to fad diets. Rose's work for Science Vs. has been praised in the New York Times, the LA Times , the Atlantic , and more. Find Rose Rimler Online - Linkedin - Twitter - Gimlet Show Notes 00:03: Guest Introduction 01:20: Rose's marine biology background 04:25: Moving from science to news writing 07:51: Internship culture and changes with COVID-19 09:46: The multi-media journalism learning curve 12:01: Background on Science Vs. 14:40: Rose's favorite episodes of Science Vs. ( Mass Shootings: How do we stop them? , Who Killed Affordable Housing? , Coronavirus: Pregnant in a Pandemic ) 19:39: Benefits of audio as a medium for storytelling 21:43: Transitioning show styles to follow trends 32:54: Rose's recommendations for science news ( Ed Yong , Gina Kolata , Decoding the Gurus , Debunk the Funk , Abbey Sharp ) 34:45: Advice for aspiring science communicators 37:10: Wrap-up Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this episode a different way? Find u
Tue, May 21, 2024
#65 Ruhl Lecture: Press Freedoms, Hostage Diplomacy and International Policy with Jason Rezaian
About Our Guest: Jason Rezaian is an award-winning journalist and global opinions columnist for The Washington Post , writing primarily on international affairs, press freedom, and human rights issues. He has devoted his life to advocating for freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and rights for journalists abroad and at home. Formerly the Post ’s Tehran bureau chief, Rezaian is the host of 544 Days , the acclaimed Spotify Original podcast series based on his 2019 best-selling memoir, Prisoner , about his time as a hostage in Iran and the extraordinary efforts it took to free him. Rezaian was awarded the Thomas Jefferson Medal in Citizen Leadership in 2023 and serves as executive director of the Center for Strategic and International Studies Commission on Hostages and Wrongful Detention. Find Jason Rezaian Online: - Washington Post - Linkedin - Twitter - Instagram Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this episode a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible <str
Sun, May 05, 2024
#64 Demystifying Media Guest Lecture: Making Sense of Chaos, with journalist Erin Aubry Kaplan
About Our Guest: Erin Aubry Kaplan is a journalist with nearly three decades of experience as an opinion columnist. Her career spans various prestigious publications throughout the United States, notably the New York Times, Politico, and the Los Angeles Times, where she made history as the inaugural black opinion columnist. Kaplan's writing delves into an array of topics, with an emphasis on race-related issues, alongside broader discussions on culture, politics, and the arts. Her work has been featured and published in various anthologies. Find Erin Aubry Kaplan Online: - Website - Twitter Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this episode a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn Podchaser
Sat, February 10, 2024
#63 Demystifying Media Guest Lecture: Media Access and Political Engagement with Danny Parker
About Our Guest: Danny Parker, a PhD candidate at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin Madison is an ethnography researcher focusing on political engagement and media access. Danny's research examines the role communication ecologies play in the reproduction of poverty, and the development of political identity. As an ethnographer, she chronicles the lived experiences of extremely impoverished rural and urban communities by living among them and documenting their everyday lives. Danny has a professional background in international education. She taught English as a second language for seven years before pursuing her PhD. She obtained her bachelor's degree in applied linguistics from Georgia State University and her master's degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of Georgia. Her work has been recognized by awards from the International Communication Association (ICA) , and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC ). And she's been published in leading peer reviewed journals such as the Mass Communication and Society . Find Danny Parker Online: LinkedIn Twitter University of Wisconsin School of Journalism and Mass Communication Profile Taylor & Francis Online Research Paper Read the transcript for this episode Listen to Danny Parker's Lecture Want to listen to this episode a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible <a href="https://www.pandora.com/podcast/demy
Fri, February 09, 2024
#62 Demystifying Media Access and Political Disengagement with Danny Parker
About Our Guest: Today we're joined by Danny Parker, a PhD candidate at the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Wisconsin Madison. Danny's research examines the role communication ecologies play in the reproduction of poverty, and the development of political identity. As an ethnographer, she chronicles the lived experiences of extremely impoverished rural and urban communities by living among them and documenting their everyday lives. Danny has a professional background in international education. She taught English as a second language for seven years before pursuing her PhD. She obtained her bachelor's degree in applied linguistics from Georgia State University and her master's degree in journalism and mass communication from the University of Georgia. Her work has been recognized by awards from the International Communication Association (ICA) , and the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC ). And she's been published in leading peer reviewed journals such as the Mass Communication and Society . Find Danny Parker Online: LinkedIn Twitter University of Wisconsin School of Journalism and Mass Communication Profile Taylor & Francis Online Research Paper Show Notes: 00:02: Guest Introduction 01:14: Danny's introduction to research 03:24: Uncovering a research topic 08:43: The relationship of government and media to impoverished communities 16:52: Solutions to political disengagement 20:33: Advocacy in media 25:05: The response to Danny's research 27:33: Wrap-up Read the transcript for this episode Listen to Danny Parker's Lecture Want to listen to this episode a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Sp
Tue, January 23, 2024
#61 Demystifying Guest Lecture: News and Social Media with Adriana Lacy
About Our Guest: Adriana Lacy, an award winning journalist and consultant based in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the founder and president of Adriana Lacy Consulting : a full service digital consulting firm helping publishers and businesses to grow their digital audiences. She is also an adjunct lecturer in the Journalism Department at Brandeis University, and the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree , in recognition of her work as the founder of Journalism Mentors , a website dedicated to advancing early career journalists through mentoring and paid media opportunities. Prior to this, she worked in audience and engagement roles at Axios, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Nieman foundation. Find Adriana Lacy Online: - Website - Linkedin - Twitter - Instagram Read the transcript for this episode Hear More From Adriana Lacy Interview Want to listen to this episode a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible <st
Fri, January 19, 2024
#60 Demystifying Digital Journalism and Social Media with Adriana Lacy
About Our Guest: Adriana Lacy, an award winning journalist and consultant based in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the founder and president of Adriana Lacy Consulting : a full service digital consulting firm helping publishers and businesses to grow their digital audiences. She is also an adjunct lecturer in the Journalism Department at Brandeis University, and the 2023 Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree , in recognition of her work as the founder of Journalism Mentors , a website dedicated to advancing early career journalists through mentoring and paid media opportunities. Prior to this, she worked in audience and engagement roles at Axios, the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and The Nieman foundation. Find Adriana Lacy Online: - Website - Linkedin - Twitter - Instagram Show Notes 00:03: Guest Introduction 01:16: Adriana's journey to becoming a journalist 03:00: Importance of student media and journalism 05:19: Discovering digital audience engagement and unique paths in journalism 10:42: Trends in digital news and social media 13:21: Founding Journalism Mentors 19:06: How AI will change the landscape of journalism and social media 28:23: Wrap-up Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this episode a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora <a href="https:
Sat, September 09, 2023
#59 Demystifying Justice and Power Distribution in Journalism with Gregory Perreault
About Our Guest: Gregory P. Perreault (Ph.D., Missouri) is a scholar of digital journalism, focusing on journalistic epistemology, hostility in journalism and digital labor. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of Research for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and as Reviews Editor for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly . He served as Fulbright-Botstiber Professor of Austrian-American Studies at the University of Vienna Journalism Studies Center (2020-2021). His work appears in New Media & Society, Digital Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. His book Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate (Routledge) was published in 2023. An avid runner, he most recently ran the 39.3 Asheville Marathon and a Half in Asheville, North Carolina. This episode was recorded while he was an Associate Professor of Digital Journalism at Appalachian State University. From Fall 2023, Perreault is now an Associate Professor of Media Literacy & Analytics at the Zimmerman School for Advertising & Mass Communication at the University of South Florida. Find Gregory Perreault Online: Website ResearchGate Author Page OSF Author Page LinkedIn Twitter Download the transcript for this episode Listen to Gregory's lecture Watch Gregory's Q&A Video Want to listen to this interview in a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher
Sat, September 09, 2023
#58 Demystifying Media Guest Lecture: Justice in News Production with Gregory Perreault
About Our Guest: Gregory P. Perreault (Ph.D., Missouri) is a scholar of digital journalism, focusing on journalistic epistemology, hostility in journalism and digital labor. He currently serves as Vice Chair of the Standing Committee of Research for the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) and as Reviews Editor for Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly . He served as Fulbright-Botstiber Professor of Austrian-American Studies at the University of Vienna Journalism Studies Center (2020-2021). His work appears in New Media & Society, Digital Journalism, Journalism, Journalism Studies, Journalism Practice and Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly. His book Digital Journalism and the Facilitation of Hate (Routledge) was published in 2023. An avid runner, he most recently ran the 39.3 Asheville Marathon and a Half in Asheville, North Carolina. This lecture was recorded while he was an Associate Professor of Digital Journalism at Appalachian State University. From Fall 2023, Perreault is now an Associate Professor of Media Literacy & Analytics at the Zimmerman School for Advertising & Mass Communication at the University of South Florida. Find Gregory Perreault Online: Website ResearchGate Author Page OSF Author Page LinkedIn Twitter Download the transcript for this episode Listen to our in-depth interview with Gregory - Coming soon! Watch Gregory's Q&A Video Want to listen to this interview in a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/university-of-oregon-school-of-journalism-a
Fri, August 25, 2023
#57 Demystifying Memoir Writing with Putsata Reang
About Our Guest: Putsata Reang is an author and journalist whose writings have appeared in a variety of national and international publications, including the New York Times, Politico, the Guardian, Ms, The Seattle Times and the San Jose Mercury News. She is the author of a recent memoir Ma and Me, which talks about her leaving Cambodia at 11 months old, and moving to rural Oregon, and how coming out—and marrying a woman in her 40s—broke her relationship with her Mother. Putsata was born in Cambodia, and raised in rural Oregon, surrounded by berry farms where she and her family hustled to earn their middle class existence. Her memoir explores the glades of displacement felt by children of refugees, and the overlay of emotional exile that comes with being gay. Putsata has lived and worked in more than a dozen countries, including Cambodia, Afghanistan and Thailand. She is an alum of Hedgebrook, Mineral School and Kimmel Harding Nelson residencies. She is a 2019 Jack Straw fellow. In 2005, she received an Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellowship that took her back to Cambodia to report on landless farmers. She currently teaches memoir writing at the University of Washington School of Professional & Continuing Education. Her book recently won a PNW book award. Find Putsata Reang Online: Website MacMillan Author Page Amazon Author Page Twitter Find out more about this episode's guest host, Professor Peter Laufer . Suggested Readings: Full Circle: Two journalists return to their native countries to help other journalists express dissent My Family Fled Cambodia as the Americans Evacuated. Here’s What I Hope for Afghan Refugees At Sea, and Seeking a Safe Harbor Activism From the Streets to the Screen Putsata Reang Finds Home with and Away from her Mom in Memoir Ma
Mon, August 21, 2023
#56 Demystifying Media: Student Q&A with Atiba Jefferson
About Our Guest: Atiba Jefferson is an American photographer based in Los Angeles, California. Best known for his 25 years of skateboarding photography, over the years he has worked for all the major skateboard publications and now works at Thrasher Magazine. Another passion – basketball – landed him a gig as a staff photographer for the L.A. Lakers during the Shaq and Kobe years, and he currently holds the record at SLAM magazine for the most covers taken by a single photographer in the publication’s history. Atiba discovered a love and passion for skateboarding while growing up in Colorado Springs, CO. Moving to California in 1995 only strengthened that love and paired it with an equal passion for photography. Atiba’s list of commercial clients include Supreme, adidas, Nike, Converse, Reebok, ESPN, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Oakley, Pepsi, Canon, and Netflix. Find Atiba Jefferson Online: Website Instagram Twitter Download the transcript for this episode Listen to Atiba's talk Watch the Canon Explorer of Light video about Atiba's visit to the SOJC Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio <a href="https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/8pwud-83f50/Demystifying
Mon, August 21, 2023
#55 Demystifying Media Guest Lecture: Photographing the Skateboarding Community with Atiba Jefferson
About Our Guest: Atiba Jefferson is an American photographer based in Los Angeles, California. Best known for his 25 years of skateboarding photography, over the years he has worked for all the major skateboard publications and now works at Thrasher Magazine. Another passion – basketball – landed him a gig as a staff photographer for the L.A. Lakers during the Shaq and Kobe years, and he currently holds the record at SLAM magazine for the most covers taken by a single photographer in the publication’s history. Atiba discovered a love and passion for skateboarding while growing up in Colorado Springs, CO. Moving to California in 1995 only strengthened that love and paired it with an equal passion for photography. Atiba’s list of commercial clients include Supreme, adidas, Nike, Converse, Reebok, ESPN, Gatorade, Mountain Dew, Oakley, Pepsi, Canon, and Netflix. Find Atiba Jefferson Online: Website Instagram Twitter Download the transcript for this episode Listen to the bonus Q&A with Atiba Watch the Canon Explorer of Light video about Atiba's visit to the SOJC Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio <a href="https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/8pwud-83
Fri, August 18, 2023
#54 Demystifying Media Guest Lecture: Workplace Happiness in the Media Industry with Valérie Bélair-Gagnon
About Our Guest: Dr. Valérie Bélair-Gagnon is an Associate Professor and Cowles Fellow in Media Management at the Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication. She is also a Waldfogel Scholars of the College of Liberal Arts (2023-26) and McKnight Presidential Fellow (2022-2025) at the University of Minnesota. She is also a visiting researcher at the Oslo Metropolitan University Department of Journalism and Media and fellow at the Yale Information Society Project. Her research interests include: journalism, professions, knowledge production, and identity; digital labor and engagement; business and future of journalism; and happiness and well-being in work. She is the author of Happiness in Journalism , The Paradox of Connection: How Digital Media is Changing Journalistic Labor, Journalism Research that Matters, and Social Media at BBC News. She was executive director and research scholar at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and fellow at Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. She also worked in communications in corporate and non-profit environments. Born in Montréal, she earned her PhD in from the University of London in Sociology. Find Valérie Bélair-Gagnon Online: Website Google Scholar Author Page Twitter Download the transcript for this episode Listen to our in depth interview with Valérie Watch Valérie's Q&A Video Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube <a href="ht
Fri, August 18, 2023
#53 Demystifying Workplace Happiness and Wellbeing in the Media Industry with Valérie Bélair-Gagnon
About Our Guest: Dr. Valérie Bélair-Gagnon is an Associate Professor and Cowles Fellow in Media Management at the Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication. She is also a Waldfogel Scholars of the College of Liberal Arts (2023-26) and McKnight Presidential Fellow (2022-2025) at the University of Minnesota. She is also a visiting researcher at the Oslo Metropolitan University Department of Journalism and Media and fellow at the Yale Information Society Project. Her research interests include: journalism, professions, knowledge production, and identity; digital labor and engagement; business and future of journalism; and happiness and well-being in work. She is the author of Happiness in Journalism , The Paradox of Connection: How Digital Media is Changing Journalistic Labor, Journalism Research that Matters, and Social Media at BBC News. She was executive director and research scholar at the Information Society Project at Yale Law School and fellow at Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University. She also worked in communications in corporate and non-profit environments. Born in Montréal, she earned her PhD in from the University of London in Sociology. Find Valérie Bélair-Gagnon Online: Website Google Scholar Author Page Twitter Download the transcript for this episode Listen to Valérie's lecture Watch Valérie's Q&A Video Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube <a href="https://music.
Sat, January 07, 2023
#52 Demystifying Media Guest Lecture: From Participation to Dark Participation with Thorsten Quandt
About Our Guest: Thorsten Quandt is a professor of online communication at the University of Münster in Germany. He has authored and co-authored over 150 articles and books on topics including online journalism, participatory and citizen journalism, social media, and online gaming. His work has been cited more than 11,000 times by fellow academics. He is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including being nominated twice to the list of the top 40 most significant young scientists in Germany. Find Thorsten Quandt Online: Wikipedia Google Scholar ResearchGate University of Munster Bio Page Twitter LinkedIn Download the transcript for this episode Listen to our in-depth interview with Thorsten Watch Thorsten's video Q&A Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora <a href="https://iheart.com/podcast/31065064/"
Bonus · Sat, January 07, 2023
#51 Demystifying Media Guest Lecture: Bonus Q&A Episode with Hamed Aleaziz
Hamed Aleaziz is a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times covering immigration policy. Previously he was at BuzzFeed News, where he wrote about immigration and broke news on Trump and Biden policies and the effects of those policies on families and communities. Before that, he covered immigration, race, and civil rights at the San Francisco Chronicle, was a criminal justice reporter at the Daily Journal, and did a fellowship at Mother Jones magazine. A Livingston Award finalist in 2021, Aleaziz graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism. Listen to Hamed's lecture Find Hamed Aleaziz Online: Los Angeles Times Author Page BuzzFeed News Author Page MuckRack Author Page Mother Jones Author Page Twitter LinkedIn Listen to our in-depth interview with Hamed Watch our video Q&A with Hamed Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora <a href="https://iheart.com/podcast/31065064/" target
Wed, December 14, 2022
#50 Demystifying Media Guest Lecture: Reporting U.S. Immigration Policy with Hamed Aleaziz
About Our Guest Lecturer: Hamed Aleaziz is a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times covering immigration policy. Previously he was at BuzzFeed News, where he wrote about immigration and broke news on Trump and Biden policies and the effects of those policies on families and communities. Before that, he covered immigration, race, and civil rights at the San Francisco Chronicle, was a criminal justice reporter at the Daily Journal, and did a fellowship at Mother Jones magazine. A Livingston Award finalist in 2021, Aleaziz graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism. Listen to the bonus Q&A episode for this lecture Find Hamed Aleaziz Online: Los Angeles Times Author Page BuzzFeed News Author Page MuckRack Author Page Mother Jones Author Page Twitter LinkedIn Read the transcript for this episode Listen to our in-depth interview with Hamed Watch our video Q&A with Hamed Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube <a href="https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/fc979f34-0d2a-4c91-a3bc-75d4213a2eb4/demystifyi
Wed, December 14, 2022
#49 Demystifying Immigration Reporting with Hamed Aleaziz
About Our Guest: Hamed Aleaziz is a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times covering immigration policy. Previously he was at BuzzFeed News, where he wrote about immigration and broke news on Trump and Biden policies and the effects of those policies on families and communities. Before that, he covered immigration, race, and civil rights at the San Francisco Chronicle, was a criminal justice reporter at the Daily Journal, and did a fellowship at Mother Jones magazine. A Livingston Award finalist in 2021, Aleaziz graduated from the University of Oregon with a degree in journalism. Find Hamed Aleaziz Online: Los Angeles Times Author Page BuzzFeed News Author Page MuckRack Author Page Mother Jones Author Page Twitter LinkedIn Listen to Hamed's lecture Listen to the bonus lecture Q&A podcast episode with Hamed Watch our video Q&A with Hamed Show Notes 0:03: Show and guest introduction 1:34: Hamed's first exposure to the power of journalism 4:03: How Hamed got into immigration reporting and what he enjoys about it 7:37: Building rapport and trust with sources 9:37: Fact-checking 12:32: Tools Hamed uses on the job to build trust 13:48: Advice for student journalists looking to break into the industry 15:18: How Hamed carved out his own reporting roles 16:47: Maintaining work-life balance as a journalist 18:56: Hamed's study-abroad experience in Amman, Jordan 22:35: Advice for UofO students 24:16: Graduating into the Great Recession and finding a job 26:36: Hamed's impressions of campus 27:48: Show wrap-up Read the transcript for this episode Listen to Hamed's lecture W
Tue, December 13, 2022
#48 Demystifying Dark Participation with Thorsten Quandt
About Our Guest: Thorsten Quandt is a professor of online communication at the University of Münster in Germany. He has authored and co-authored over 150 articles and books on topics including online journalism, participatory and citizen journalism, social media, and online gaming. His work has been cited more than 11,000 times by fellow academics. He is the recipient of numerous awards and grants, including being nominated twice to the list of the top 40 most significant young scientists in Germany. Find Thorsten Quandt Online: Wikipedia Google Scholar ResearchGate University of Munster Bio Page Twitter LinkedIn Listen to Torsten's lecture, "From participation to dark participation: online news between hope and hate." Watch Thorsten's video Q&A Show Notes 0:03: Show and guest introduction 1:16: Summary of Thorsten's Hearst Demystifying Media lecture 2:26: Evolution of Thorsten's research 4:19: Participatory journalism then and now 6:57: Changing discourse about internet communication and the media 9:19: Evaluating dark participation 12:25: Is dark participation the crisis we think it is? 16:19: Differences between dark participation in Europe and the U.S. 22:56: Assessing the real impact of media on public opinion 28:27: Advice for media consumers 30:45: Wrap-up Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/university-of-oregon-school-of-journalism-and-communication/de
Tue, September 27, 2022
#47 Demystifying Opinion Writing with Erin Aubry Kaplan
About Our Guest: Erin Aubry Kaplan is a Los Angeles native who writes about herself, her community, and the city, often all three simultaneously. A longtime journalist and essayist, she won the PEN Center West award for journalism in 2001 for "Blue Like Me," a personal exploration of the link between depression and racial struggle that she wrote for the LA Weekly. In 2005 she became the first black opinion columnist in the history of the Los Angeles Times, and remains a contributing op-ed writer. Find Erin Aubry Kaplan Online + Selected Works: -Personal Website -NY Times Author Page -KCET Author Page -Salon Author Page -KCRW Author Page -Muck Rack -Antioch University Faculty Page -Twitter Selected Works: -"Blue Like Me" -The Butt Issue 1 -I Heart Obama -Black Talk, Blue Thoughts, and Walking the Color Line (New England Library Of Black Literature) -"Cicely Tyson: The Actor Who Redefined Black Characters and Black Beauty" -"The Kyle Rittenhouse Verdict Reinforces a Long American Tradition: White Animus Against Black Grievance" -"Simone Biles and the New Black Power of ‘No’" -Podcast: "Incredible stories are behind bland facades: What this departing LA Times columnist loves about her city" <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/12/05/op
Sat, November 20, 2021
#46 Communicating emerging science during a pandemic with Kathleen Hall Jamieson
About Our Guest: Jamison is a Professor of Communication at he University of Pennsylvania Annenberg School for Communication, Director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center, and the co-founder of FactCheck.org , a nonpartisan, nonprofit “consumer advocate” for voters that aims to reduce the level of deception and confusion in U.S. politics. She received the Public Welfare Medal from the National Academy of Sciences in 2020 for her nonpartisan work in public discourse and the development of science communication to promote public understanding of complex issues. Her guest lecture, which we are not unable to publish here, was sponsored by the Center for Science Communication Research and co-sponsored by the Phil and Penny Knight Campus for Accelerating Scientific Impact and the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics. Find Kathleen Hall Jamieson online: University of Pennsylvania Faculty Page Kathleen Hall Jamieson on Google Scholar Show Notes: 0:01: Introduction of Kathleen Hall Jamieson 1:26: Science reporting during a pandemic 4:31: The rise of COVID-19 misinformation 6:19: Eroding trust in science and the media 7:26: Understanding what makes a credible study 8:31: Hydroxychloroquine as a case study for misinterpreted studies 11:10: Establishing credibility 13:34: How doctors and scientists have changed their interactions with the media 16:28: Journalists' responsibility to convey information accurately 18:32: The lack of nuance present in issues reporting 20:22: Eroding boundaries between experts and non-experts in public opinion 23:29: Information fatigue during the pandemic 28:05: The need for context in reporting changes in pandemic science 2841: Digital capacities and the Zika virus outbreak 30:58: Why reporting lessons from the Zika virus failed to transfer to the COVID-19 pandemic 32:21: Journalists' being overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic 32:59: "Hearing" the public and use of language in reporting 34:45: The power of lexicon and appropriate application of language 39:11: Communication solutions 39:50: Challenges for broadcast versus print journalists 46:43: Opinion presented as journalism 47:01: The responsibility of social media platforms to present accurate information 50:41: Political systems versus scientists Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Fin
Thu, October 22, 2020
#45 Creating compelling documentaries with Jake Swantko
About our guest: Jake Swantko has worked on a number of films, shooting for the Associated Press, ESPN, HBO, National Geographic, PBS Frontline, Time Magazine, Passion Pictures, and Nike. He is a 2011 graduate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. As director of photography, he has shown three films at Sundance: Entrapped (2016), Icarus (2017), and The Dissident (2020), which explored the story of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi. At the 2017 Sundance Film Festival, Icarus received a special jury prize, the first ever "Orwell Award" for revealing "the truth at a time when the truth is no longer a commodity." Find Jake online: Website IMDB page Q&A with Around the O Show Notes: 0:04 - Introductions 01:24 - What is The Dissident about? 05:14 - The role of hacking in Jamal Khashoggi's murder 06:20 - Audience takeaways from The Dissident at Sundance 09:22 - What goes into film distribution? 11:14 - The ethics of film distribution 13:48 - A documentarian's sense of duty to the subject 16:38 - The relationship between documentarian and subject 19:41 - Choosing a stopping point/conclusion for a documentary 26:51 - The importance of screening one's work 31:06 - How to please your audience 33:51 - How did you launch your career in documentary? 35:55 - What have you learned that you didn't know when you started in this field? 37:59 - Media recommendations for aspiring documentarians Read the transcript for this episode Hear more from our guest: Video interview with Jake in the studio Listen to Jake's lecture Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher <a href="https://op
Thu, October 15, 2020
#44 Guest Lecture: A Masterclass in Documentary with Jake Swantko
About our guest: Jake Swantko has worked on a number of films, shooting for the Associated Press, ESPN, HBO, National Geographic, PBS Frontline, Time Magazine, Passion Pictures, and Nike. He is a 2011 graduate of the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. His new film, The Dissident, about slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi, premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2020. In this talk, Swantko delivers a masterclass on documentary storytelling. Audience questions have been cut from the Q&A portion of Jake's lecture, but his responses to those questions are included in this recording.As director of photography, he has shown three films at Sundance: Entrapped (2016), Icarus (2017), and The Dissident (2020), which explored the story of slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Hear more from Jake: Watch this lecture on YouTube Video interview with Jake in the studio Listen to our interview with Jake on the Demystifying Media podcast Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn Podchaser <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoqXTlv_f5zEJifP55GP1ghtQjY3tzoI0"
Thu, May 14, 2020
#43 Guest Lecture: Social Responsibility Reporting with Karen McIntyre
Karen McIntyre is an assistant professor of multimedia journalism in the Richard T. Robertson School of Media and Culture at Virginia Commonwealth University and researcher of constructive journalism. In this lecture, Dr. McIntyre discusses her work and key lessons from her forthcoming book, Perspectives on Social-responsibility Reporting: Theory, Practice, and Effects, which is co-edited with University of Oregon Associate Professor Nicole Dahmen (forthcoming, 2020, Peter Lang). This book will provide an in-depth examination of genres of news reporting that share a common goal — reporting beyond the problem-based narrative, thereby exemplifying a commitment to the social responsibility theory of the press, which asserts that journalists have a duty to consider society’s best interests during the newsmaking process. Such news forms include genres like constructive journalism, solutions journalism, peace journalism, and restorative narrative, among others. Audience questions have been cut from the Q&A portion of Dr. McIntyre's lecture, but her responses to those questions are included in this recording. See the presentation slides from this lecture. About our guest: Karen McIntyre received her PhD in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She previously served on the AEJMC's Electronic News Division and Newspaper and Online News Division. Prior to joining Virginia Commonwealth University, she worked for publications such as the The National Geographic Channel, News21, The Richmond Confidential, and many others. Her research interests more broadly involve the processes and effects of digital media, especially as they relate to media psychology. She has won several Top Paper awards from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and has published in journals such as Newspaper Research Journal and Electronic News. Find Karen McIntyre online: Professional Website Twitter LinkedIn Show Notes: Coming soon! Read the transcript from this interview. Hear more from Karen McIntyre: Video interview with Dr. McIntyre in the studio Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: iTunes <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/university-of-oregon-school-of-journalism-and-communication/demystifying-media-podc
Thu, May 14, 2020
#42 Exploring constructive journalism with Karen McIntyre
About our guest: Karen McIntyre received her PhD in journalism and mass communication from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She previously served on the AEJMC's Electronic News Division and Newspaper and Online News Division. Prior to joining Virginia Commonwealth University, she worked for publications such as the The National Geographic Channel, News21, The Richmond Confidential, and many others. Her research interests more broadly involve the processes and effects of digital media, especially as they relate to media psychology. She has won several Top Paper awards from the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and has published in journals such as Newspaper Research Journal and Electronic News. According to Dr. McIntyre, "Constructive journalism is an emerging style of journalism in which positive psychology and other behavioral science techniques are applied to news processes and production with the aim of engaging readers by creating more productive news stories, all while maintaining core journalistic functions like serving as a watchdog and remaining accountable." Find Dr. McIntyre online: Website Twitter LinkedIn Read her book: Her forthcoming book, Perspectives on Social-responsibility Reporting: Theory, Practice, and Effects, which is co-edited with University of Oregon Associate Professor Nicole Dahmen, will be available through Peter Lang Publishing. Show Notes: 0:06 - Introductions 1:02 - What is constructive journalism? 2:53 - How did you start researching this topic? 4:26 - Perceptions of constructive journalism 5:40 - Examples of constructive journalism 7:09 - Why is constructive journalism important? 9:00 - How do journalists feel about constructive journalism? 13:39 - What message do you have for students studying journalism? 14:40 - Highlights from Karen's Demystifying Media lecture 17:02 - Impact on constructive journalism on audience engagement 18:05 - What does the research say about constructive journalism? 19:05 - What new research areas are you excited to explore? 20:21 - What research informed your upcoming book? 21:53 - What lessons can we apply from your book to the western journalistic environment? 22:59 - What role can constructive journalism play in science reporting? 25:09 - What is your upcoming book about? Hear more from our guest: Video interview with Dr. McIntyre in the studio Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: <a href="ht
Thu, March 05, 2020
#41 Guest Panel: Esports Journalism
About our guests: Gaming is the fastest growing form of entertainment in the world, with the esports economy surpassing $1 billion for the first time in 2019. In this panel discussion, esports journalists Mitch Reames and Will Partin discuss the emerging field of esports journalism with moderator and SOJC Assistant Professor of Game Studies Maxwell Foxman. This event was part of a day-long conference titled "The Business of eSports," hosted by the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at Lundquist College of Business. Find Maxwell, Will, and Mitch online: Twitter: William Partin Mitch Reames Maxwell Foxman LinkedIn: William Partin Mitch Reames Maxwell Foxman Hear More From our guests: Video Interview Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn Podchaser <a hre
Wed, March 04, 2020
#40 Media and the Esports Industry with Will Partin, Mitch Reames, and Maxwell Foxman
About our guests: Mitch Reames graduated with a degree in journalism from the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication in 2017. He has written about emerging technology and the esports industry for publications such as AdWeek, SportTechie, Blazer5 Gaming, and Dexerto, and is the founder of the Esportz Network podcast, which partners with Reuters to report on the biggest stories in esports. Will Partin is a doctoral student and graduate research assistant at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His work focuses on the platformization of cultural production within the realm of livestreaming, video games, and esports. His writing can be found in such publications as The Atlantic, Variety, and Jacobin. He is also a consultant for Power Play, a boutique consulting firm that helps brands find their place in the growing esports market. Former clients have included Microsoft, AMC Networks, Tribeca Enterprise, Madison Square Garden, and others. At the SOJC, Maxwell Foxman's research centers around how play manifests in non-game contexts, including social media, politics, and journalistic institutions. His work explores the way media makers frame games and play in their activities and professional lives. Esports are on the rise; according to a recent Business Insider Intelligencer report, esports viewership is expected to grow to nearly 650 million by 2023, at a rate of 9 percent per year. In the studio to discuss this emerging industry are esports journalist Mitch Reames, technology researcher and brand consultant Will Partin, and Maxwell Foxman, Assistant Professor of Game Studies at the UO SOJC. Find our guests online: Twitter: Will Partin Mitch Reames Maxwell Foxman LinkedIn: Will Partin Mitch Reames Maxwell Foxman Website: Will Partin Mitch Reames Maxwell Foxman Show Notes: 0:00 - Introductions 0:56 - Why is esports growing so quickly? 2:20 - What is the appeal to brands? 4:13 - Demographics of esports audience 4:46 - Global appeal of esports 8:11 - Esports marketing research 9:44 - Monetization of esports 13:13 - Esports events 16:13 - Esports' global moment 21:53 - What does the rise of esports mean for different con
Wed, February 05, 2020
#39 Fighting a New Era of Disinformation with Claire Wardle
About Our Guest: Claire Wardle is the co-founder and Executive Chair of First Draft, the world’s foremost nonprofit focused on research and practice to address mis- and disinformation. In 2017 she co-authored a report for the Council of Europe entitled, Information Disorder: Toward an interdisciplinary framework for research and policymaking. Previously, she was a Research Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for Media, Politics and Public Policy, and also the Research Director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia Journalism School. Not only did Dr. Wardle give an incredible talk about the role of disinformation in the 2020 US election during her visit, but she also led a full-day training for students, professional journalists, and communications scholars to give them the tools to respond to this very real threat. Find Dr. Wardle Online First Draft Twitter LinkedIn Report Show Notes: 0:11 - Introduction of guest and co-host 1:11 - Misinformation training 2:35 - How to report on disinformation 4:54 - Differences between misinformation, disinformation, mal-information 6:01 - Does motivation and intent matter? 7:12 - The complexity of misinformation 8:11 - Modes of disinformation on the horizon 9:27 - How has this evolved since the 2016 election? 11:03 - What should news platforms be doing? 12:51 - Why Dr. Wardle entered this field 14:01 - How journalism students can learn to fight disinformation 16:26 - How can we teach the public to be critical consumers of news information 20:05 - Sydney's takeaways from Dr. Wardle's visit 22:02 - What's next in the pipeline for Dr. Wardle 25:04 - The role that diversity plays in fighting disinformation Hear more from our guests: video interview lecture interview Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts <a href="https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5zaW1wbGVjYXN0Lm
Wed, January 08, 2020
#38 Guest Lecture: Community Engagement with Ashley Alvarado
About Our Guest: Among Ashley's efforts to develop strategies and opportunities to engage new and existing audiences across platforms is the engagement-driven, community-centered live storytelling series Unheard LA, leading human-centered design projects, and Feeding the Conversation, an ongoing series of engagement-sourcing gatherings that bring together members of the community with KPCC journalists around specific themes or coverage areas. She also serves as board president of Journalism That Matters, sits on the steering committee of Gather, is a mentor for Membership Puzzle Project’s Join the Beat cohort, and works as a curator for American Press Institute’s BetterNews.org. Find Ashley Alvarado online: Twitter LinkedIn Southern California Public Radio LAist Hear more from Ashley Alvarado: Video Interview Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn Podchaser You can find
Tue, December 31, 2019
#37 The evolution of community engagement with Ashley Alvarado
About Our Guest: Among Ashley's efforts to develop strategies and opportunities to engage new and existing audiences across platforms is the engagement-driven, community-centered live storytelling series Unheard LA, leading human-centered design projects, and Feeding the Conversation, an ongoing series of engagement-sourcing gatherings that bring together members of the community with KPCC journalists around specific themes or coverage areas. She also serves as board president of Journalism That Matters, sits on the steering committee of Gather, is a mentor for Membership Puzzle Project’s Join the Beat cohort, and works as a curator for American Press Institute’s BetterNews.org. Find Ashley Alvarado online: Twitter LinkedIn Southern California Public Radio LAist Show Notes: 00:03: Summary of Ashley's work 01:12: What is engaged journalism? 02:21: More about Unheard LA and Feeding the Conversation 05:36: Putting on journalism engagement events and the benefit to KPCC 08:34: Developing and maintaining relationships with readers and listeners 12:03: The financial benefit of engaged journalism 14:27: How Feeding the Conversation builds KPCC's audience 16:25: How Ashley entered this line of work 21:32: How can journalism students build a career in engagement journalism? 23:33: Why Ashley's service commitment to journalism organizations is important to her 26:34: What other industries or influences shape Ashley's work 29:46: Big projects of the moment 33:01: Wrap-up Hear more from Ashley Alvarado: Video Interview Read the transcript from this episode. Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoqXTlv_f
Thu, December 26, 2019
#36 Guest Lecture: Fireside Chat with Matthew Winkler
About Our Guest: Matthew Winkler, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus and co-founder of Bloomberg News, answers questions from our journalism students in the studio during his visit to the University of Oregon in November. Find Matthew Winkler online: LinkedIn Twitter Show Notes: 01:12 - The Bloomberg Way 08:57 - Getting all sides of a story 11:54 - Showing not telling in data journalism 16:21 - Using statistical computing software for storytelling 18:01 - Robo journalism 22:36 - Transitioning to economic reporting 26:30 - Integrity in reporting 29:41 - Reporting on your customers 36:48 - Sharing stories with sources before publishing 37:33 - 2020 Presidential rumors 43:18 - Learning from 2016 election coverage Hear more from Matthew Winkler: Video Interview Read the full transcript from this episode. Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn <a href="https://www.podchaser.com
Tue, June 11, 2019
#35 The ethics of reporting on your own newsroom with the 2019 Ancil Payne Award Winners
About Our Guest: Each year, the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication recognizes the tough, ethical decisions made in the newsroom and in the field—decisions that make a difference in the community but are often invisible to the public. The Ancil Payne Award for Ethics in Journalism presents a $10,000 annual prize to a media organization or journalist who reports with integrity despite personal, political, or economic pressure in honor of Seattle broadcasting legend, Ancil Payne. During their interview, Yuen and Sepic discuss what it was like to report on their newsroom’s coverage of the fall from grace of one of its network’s biggest stars--Garrison Keillor, producer and host of "A Prairie Home Companion"--after he was accused of inappropriate behavior at the height of the #MeToo movement. Find Matt Sepic online: Twitter Find Lauren Yuen online: Twitter Show Notes 1:16 - How the investigation came about 6:41 - How Garrison Keillor's retirement impacted the team's reporting on the story 13:23 - How the team avoided being scooped by the competition 16:12 - Timeline for the reporting and findings from the internal investigation 23:18 - How MPR reacted to the story 24:40 - Lessons and takeaways for other newsrooms reporting on themselves 27:25 - What the Payne Award means to Lauren and Matt Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible <a href="https://www.pandora.com/podcast/demystifying-media-at-the-university-of-oregon/PC:100013423
Mon, June 03, 2019
#34 Guest Lecture: How climate change can be part of any beat with Rosalind Donald
About Our Guest: Rosalind Donald is a PhD candidate in Communications at Columbia University. She researches community understanding of climate change in Miami, focusing on the way the city’s politics, infrastructure, and environment influence the way climate change is interpreted in policy and popular imagination. Alongside her research, she has also taught media studies methods and production at NYU. Before she moved to the U.S, she was deputy editor of Carbon Brief, a fact‐checking website focused on climate science and policy in the media. She’ll discuss how to integrate climate change into health, business, real estate, arts and science and environmental coverage, regardless of scientific expertise--and why it’s important. Disclaimer: Listeners should note that we experienced some technical problems during the second half of this recording that make some parts of this talk harder to hear. However, given the interest in this topic, we have decided to publish it with this disclaimer. Find Rosalind Online Twitter LinkedIn Hear More From Rosalind Video Interview Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn <a href="https://www.podchaser.com/po
Mon, June 03, 2019
#33 Guest Lecture: How news organizations can fight misinformation with Mandy Jenkins
About Our Guest: Before Storyful, Mandy was part of the ground up teams at TBD.com, Digital First Media’s Project Thunderdome, and the Cincinnati Enquirer. She is also President of the Online News Association and sits on the board of directors for the American Society of News Editors. Find Mandy online: Twitter LinkedIn Website Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn Podchaser You can find more Demystifying Media content, like video interviews and lecture recordings, on YouTube.
Mon, June 03, 2019
#32 Guest Lecture: How Power and Privilege Shape Public Discourse with Sue Robinson
About Our Guest: Robinson's 2018 book, Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power & Privilege Shape Progressive Communities, explores how digital platforms enable and constrain citizens – especially those in marginalized communities – who produce and share information in the public sphere about racial achievement disparities in the K-12 education system. The book is meant to be a guide for journalists, politicians, activists and others on how to navigate information networks to improve public deliberation. This lecture summarizes many of the key lessons from her book. Sue is currently at work on two additional book projects — one on Trump and the media with Matt Carlson and Seth Lewis, and one on media trust projects. Find Sue online: Twitter LinkedIn Academia research profile Book Hear more from Sue: Video Interview Show Notes: 0:50 - Describe the essence of your book 1:30 - Where did the idea for the book come from? 2:50 - What key things did you find in your research? 6:36 - Discussion about the research process for the book 12:22 - What newsrooms can learn from Sue's research methods 15:07 - How do journalists own - and not be hindered by - their implicit biases? 17:14 - Application of lessons from the book to Sue's teaching 18:47 - How this has impacted Sue's home life 19:50 - Sue's current + future research projects Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube <a
Mon, June 03, 2019
#31 Guest Lecture: The music business as a petri dish for journalism innovation with Cherie Hu
About Our Guest: Hu writes regular columns for Billboard, Forbes and Music Business Worldwide, with additional bylines in Variety, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and the Columbia Journalism Review. She has spoken at over 25 conferences to date, including but not limited to SXSW, Midem, Music Biz and the Web Summit, and appears regularly as an expert commentator for the likes of CNBC and CGTN America. In 2017, at age 21, she received the Reeperbahn Festival’s inaugural award for Music Business Journalist of the Year. Previously, she spearheaded a research project on digital music innovation at Harvard Business School, and interned across product marketing, data analysis and artist development functions at music companies including Ticketmaster and Interscope Records. Find Cherie online: Twitter LinkedIn Hear more from Cherie: Video Interview Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn Podchaser <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoqXTlv_f5zEJifP55GP1ghtQjY3tzoI0" target="
Thu, May 30, 2019
#30 Understanding power and privilege with Sue Robinson
About Our Guest: The SOJC welcomes journalism researcher Sue Robinson to this episode of the Demystifying podcast. Sue joined the faculty at UW-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication in January 2007 and now holds the Helen Firstbrook Franklin Professor of Journalism research chair. As a scholar, she explores how journalists and news organizations adopt new information communication technologies to report on public affairs in new forms and formats as well as how audiences and individuals can use the technologies for civic engagement. Her book, Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power & Privilege Shape Progressive Communities, researches how digital platforms enable and constrain citizens – especially those in marginalized communities – who produce and share information in the public sphere about racial achievement disparities in the K-12 education system. The book is meant to be a guide for journalists, politicians, activists and others on how to navigate information networks to improve public deliberation. Find Sue Online: Twitter LinkedIn Academia research profile Book Hear more from Sue: Video Interview Show Notes: 0:50 - Describe the essence of your book 1:30 - Where did the idea for the book come from? 2:50 - What key things did you find in your research? 6:36 - Discussion about the research process for the book 12:22 - What newsrooms can learn from Sue's research methods 15:07 - How do journalists own - and not be hindered by - their implicit biases? 17:14 - Application of lessons from the book to Sue's teaching 18:47 - How this has impacted Sue's home life 19:50 - Sue's current + future research projects Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts <a
Sat, May 25, 2019
#29 Guest Lecture: Knowing & Checking Your Data with Jennifer LaFleur
About Our Guest: Jennifer LaFleur is a data editor for The Investigative Reporting Workshop and an instructor of data journalism at American University. Previously, she was a senior editor at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, managing data journalists, investigative reporters and fellows. She also contributed to or edited dozens of major projects while at Reveal, one of which was a 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist. She is the former director of computer-assisted reporting at ProPublica and has held similar roles at The Dallas Morning News, the San Jose Mercury News and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She is a former training director for Investigative Reporters and Editors and currently serves on the IRE Board of Directors. Find Jennifer LaFleur Online: Twitter Show Notes: 01:26 - How did you get into the data space? 02:22 - What does data journalism bring to the table that other story forms do not? 04:54 - Barriers for professionals and students in doing data journalism 06:26 – Barrier to data journalism in the classroom 08:28 – Overcoming resistance to data storytelling among journalists 11:56 – Good examples of data-driven stories / approaches 15:36 – Data literacy among audiences 17:10 - How newsrooms can improve their data journalism game 20:32 – Tips to interrogate data 22:48 – Jennifer’s key messages to journalism students 23:34 – Why data-driven storytelling is growing Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora <a href="https
Sat, May 18, 2019
#28 Fact-checking your data with Jennifer LaFleur
Joining us for this podcast is Jennifer LaFleur, data editor for The Investigative Reporting Workshop and an instructor of data journalism at American University. Previously, LaFleur was a senior editor at Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting, managing data journalists, investigative reporters and fellows. She also contributed to or edited dozens of major projects while at Reveal, one of which was a 2018 Pulitzer Prize finalist. You can learn more about Jennifer's visit to the UO here: https://demystifying.uoregon.edu/2019/04/18/demystifying-how-not-to-run-with-scissors-knowing-and-checking-your-data/ Also in the room is Brent Walth, an Assistant Professor at the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism and Communication. A Pulitzer finalist in 200 and a winner in 2001, Brent’s experience includes working as staff writer, correspondent, senior investigative report, and managing editor for major publications in Oregon. He is a five-time winner of the Bruce Baer Award, Oregon’s top reporting prize, and the Gerald Loeb Award, the nation’s top honor for business and financial reporting. Read more about Brent here: https://journalism.uoregon.edu/people/directory/bwalth Listen to Jennifer's in-depth podcast interview here: https://soundcloud.com/demystifying-media/29-guest-lecture-knowing-checking-your-data-with-jennifer-lafleur Find Jennifer & Bent online: Twitter: @j_la28 @BrentWalth Show Notes: 01:26 - How did you get into the data space? 02:22 - What does data journalism bring to the table that other story forms do not? 04:54 - Barriers for professionals and students in doing data journalism 06:26 – Barrier to data journalism in the classroom 08:28 – Overcoming resistance to data storytelling among journalists 11:56 – Good examples of data-driven stories / approaches 15:36 – Data literacy among audiences 17:10 - How newsrooms can improve their data journalism game 20:32 – Tips to interrogate data 22:48 – Jennifer’s key messages to journalism students 23:34 – Why data-driven storytelling is growing Read the transcript of this episode: https://www.scribd.com/document/463631282/HDM-Podcast-Podcast-28-JenniferLaFleur
Thu, May 16, 2019
#27 How news organizations can fight misinformation with Mandy Jenkins
About Our Guest: Before Storyful, her roles include being the managing editor of the Project Thunderdome newsroom for Digital First Media, as well as coordinating the Off the Bus citizen journalism program as a social news editor for politics at The Huffington Post, and working as social media editor for TBD, a Washington, D.C.-area local news startup.Mandy is also President of the Online News Association and sits on the board of directors for the American Society of News Editors. Find Mandy online: Twitter LinkedIn Website Show Notes: 1:05 - Discussion about Mandy's career strategy/history 2:47 - Trying new things in newsrooms: challenges, strategies and tips 7:14 - Discussion about Mandy's Stanford Fellowship (what it entails + her "challenge" project) 14:09 - Takeaways from Mandy's research on consumers of disinformation 18:00 - What has caught your eye about the future of media and journalism? 23:12 - Key messages for journalism students 24:16 - How can students best equip themselves for the future? 25:23 - What does the future hold for you? Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean <a href="htt
Thu, May 16, 2019
#26 Guest Lecture: An Evening with Tom Bowman
About Our Guest: Tom Bowman is a NPR National Desk reporter covering the Pentagon. In his current role, Bowman has traveled to Iraq and Afghanistan often for month-long visits and embedded with U.S. Marines and soldiers. Before coming to NPR in April 2006, Bowman spent nine years as a Pentagon reporter at The Baltimore Sun. His coverage of racial and gender discrimination at NSA led to a Pentagon investigation in 1994. Bowman is a co-winner of a 2006 National Headliners’ Award for stories on the lack of advanced tourniquets for U.S. troops in Iraq. In 2010, he received an Edward R. Murrow Award for his coverage of a Taliban roadside bomb attack on an Army unit. Find Tom Bowman Online: Twitter NPR Story Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn Podchaser You can find more Demystifying Media content, like video interviews and lecture recordings, on YouTube.
Thu, May 09, 2019
#25 How climate change can be part of any beat with Rosalind Donald
About Our Guest: Rosalind's work focuses on the way the city’s politics, infrastructure and environment influence how climate change is interpreted in policy and the popular imagination. Also in the room are Hollie Smith, Assistant Professor of Science and Environmental Communication at the University of Oregon’s Media Center for Science and Technology, and Destiny J. Alvarez, a graduate student at our School of Journalism and Communication. Find Rosalind Online Twitter LinkedIn Show Notes: 1:01 - Tell us about your research, 4:48 - What kind of role do you see science playing in discussion about the impact of climate change? 7:05 - What role does journalism play in helping communities make sense of address climate change? 9:39 - How do journalists cover climate change in areas where the effects of climate change aren’t obvious? 13:40 - What barriers do we need to overcome, as communicators, to understand how to tell these stories differently? 16:13 - Wider trends in academia and journalism in communicating about science. 23:54 - What do you hope people will do with what you’ve learned? 27:29 - What key messages would you want students and faculty to take away from your visit? Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio <a href="https://www
Wed, April 17, 2019
#24 How the music business is a petri dish for journalism innovation with Cherie Hu
About Our Guest: Hu writes regular columns for Billboard, Forbes and Music Business Worldwide, with additional bylines in Variety, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and the Columbia Journalism Review. She has spoken at over 25 conferences to date, including but not limited to SXSW, Midem, Music Biz and the Web Summit, and appears regularly as an expert commentator for the likes of CNBC and CGTN America. In addition to her conference speaking engagements and regular appearances as an expert commentator on CNBC and CGTN America, Hu's bylines can be seen in publications such as Billboard, Forbes, Variety, the Columbia Journalism Review--and many more. In 2017, at age 21, she received the Reeperbahn Festival’s inaugural award for Music Business Journalist of the Year. Previously, she spearheaded a research project on digital music innovation at Harvard Business School, and interned across product marketing, data analysis and artist development functions at music companies including Ticketmaster and Interscope Records. Find Cherie online: Twitter LinkedIn Hear more from Cherie: Video Interview Show notes: 02:45 - How did you "fall into" journalism? 06:08 - Parallels between the state of journalism today and the music industry over the past decade 11:08 - What can the journalism industry learn from the music sector? 15:00 - Music artists as industry commentators / sources 20:15 - Similarities between independent artists and freelance journalists 23:33 - Innovations which may change the music industry in the next few years 27:33 - What's next for you? Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher
Tue, March 12, 2019
#23 The evolution of journalism with Tom Bowman and Brigid Schulte
About Our Guest: Bowman's previous reporting at The Baltimore Sun on racial and gender discrimination at the National Security Administration led to a Pentagon investigation in 1994. Before joining New America, a non-partisan think tank, Schulte was an award-winning staff writer for The Washington Post, where she served for almost two decades. Schulte is also the acclaimed author of the New York Times best-selling book on time-management and time pressure, Overwhelmed: Work, Love & Play when No One has the Time. Find Tom Bowman Online: Twitter Show notes 1:15 - Why and how did you both become journalists? (Tom) 2:38 - Why and how did you both become journalists? (Brigid) 7:39 - The journalism landscape has changed immeasurable during your careers; what have been the biggest and most profound changes you’ve experienced? 11:45 - Current state of journalism (general discussion) 14:52 - The blurring of lines between journalism and opinion 18:02 - How can journalism schools and other stakeholders address these issues? 28:18 - Journalistic adaptability: Tom and Brigid's experience changing businesses and mediums 34:29 - Tom and Brigid's personal and working dynamic (they're married!); how do their professional lives intersect and diverge? Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora <a href
Wed, February 20, 2019
#22 Google and Journalism with Richard Gingras
About Our Guest: In this special edition, we are joined by Richard Gingras, Vice President of News at Google. He and host Damian Radcliffe discuss Google's role in supporting journalism, how the internet has disrupted the business model, and what skills young journalists need to develop. Find Richard online: Twitter LinkedIn Show notes: 0:45 - Richard explains his current role at Google 1:53 - Differences in freedom of expression around the world 3:31 - What will you talk about in the Ruhl Lecture? 6:10 - How is Google trying to address the big questions facing the communications industries? 9:05 - Google's role supporting data journalism and journalism's business model 15:02 - How the internet changed the newspaper industry 20:48 - How Google is responding to changing dialogue about Silicon Valley 24:33 - Change is constant. What tech should we be keeping an eye on? 26:45 - What skills do young journalists need to focus on? Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn <a href="ht
Thu, January 31, 2019
#21 Business Journalism in the Digital Age with Alice Bonasio
About Our Guest: Alice Bonasio is Editor-in-Chief for Tech Trends, a website “showcasing the latest disruptive technology that is changing the world we live, work, and play in.” Alongside her work at Tech Trends, Alice is also a VR (Virtual Reality) and Immersive Media consultant, and a contributor to publications such as Wired, Forbes, Fast Company, Quartz, VR Scout, Playboy, Scientific American, Ars Technica, The Next Web, and others. Find Alice Online: T witter LinkedIn Show notes: 0:34: What is Tech Trends for those who don't know? 2:20: What topics and themes resonate with your audience? 3:48: How do you define immersive media? 6:30: What immersive content have you seen recently that stands out? 14:30: What are the implications of immersive technology for content creators that we should be aware of? 18:10: Explain what you mean when you use Legos an analogy for refreshing one's skills? 23:30: You've said we all need to be a bit more like Madonna. What do you mean by that? 26:45: You've recently relocated to the United States. What's next for you? Read the transcript of this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean <a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcas
Tue, January 22, 2019
#20 Guest Lecture: Business Journalism in a Digital Age with Alice Bonasio
About Our Guest: Alongside her work at Tech Trends, Alice is also a VR (Virtual Reality) and Immersive Media consultant, and a contributor to publications such as Wired, Forbes, Fast Company, Quartz, VR Scout, Playboy, Scientific American, Ars Technica, The Next Web, and others. In this talk, Alice will talk about her shifting career path, including reporting on business (as a journalist covering the tech sector) and making a business out of your reporting (building Tech Trends as a platform and monetizable brand), as well as the future of immersive storytelling and what that means for the next generation of communication professionals. Find Alice Online: T witter LinkedIn Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn Podchaser You can find more Demystifying Media content, like video interviews and lecture recordings, on YouTube.
Fri, November 30, 2018
#19 Changing the Way We See Native America with Matika Wilbur(Swinomish and Tulalip)
About Our Guest: Matika's most recent endeavor, Project 562 ,has brought Matika to over 300 tribal nations dispersed throughout 40 U.S. states where she has taken thousands of portraits, and collected hundreds of contemporary narratives from the breadth of Indian Country all in the pursuit of one goal: To Change The Way We See Native America. In this podcast Matika, is also joined by the award-winning photographer and University of Oregon Professor Torsten Kjellestrand, and School of Journalism and Communication student Mitchell Lira. Together with host Damian Radcliffe they discuss issues of representation, how J-Schools and educational institutions can support native students, and how to build an indigenous Wakanda. Find Matika Online: Twitter project 562 Show notes: (00:04): Guest Introduction (02:06): How has Native American life historically been portrayed, and why does that need to change? (04:45): The struggles Mitchell had gone through as a young Native American man (07:31): How Native American are represented in the media landscape (09:40): How to create a new lens to change the existing portrayal of native Americans (14:48): Advice to young Native American students on how to amplify their voices (19:00): How universities can help Native American students feel more welcomed (26:59): Advice on how the public can best portray Native Americans (27:43): Wrap-up Read the transcript of this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora <
Sat, November 03, 2018
#18 Guest Lecture: Why the Future of Journalism is Collaborative with Heather Bryant
About Our Guest: As a 2016-2017 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford, Heather researched how to make collaboration easier and more effective for newsrooms. This year, she published the Collaborative Journalism Workbook and works with the Center for Cooperative Media to chronicle collaborative projects from around the world in the Collaborative Journalism Database. Her work includes managing the Collaborative Journalism Slack and doing trainings and workshops on effective, meaningful editorial collaboration. This year, she published the Collaborative Journalism Workbook and works with the Center for Cooperative Media to chronicle collaborative projects from around the world in the Collaborative Journalism Database. Her work includes managing the Collaborative Journalism Slack and doing trainings and workshops on effective, meaningful editorial collaboration. Find Heather Online: LinkedIn Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn Podchaser You can find more Demystifying Media content, like video interviews and lecture recordings, on YouTube.
Sat, November 03, 2018
#17 Why The Future of Journalism is Collaborative with Heather Bryant
About Our Guest: As a 2016-2017 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford, Heather researched how to make collaboration easier and more effective for newsrooms. This year, she published the Collaborative Journalism Workbook and works with the Center for Cooperative Media to chronicle collaborative projects from around the world in the Collaborative Journalism Database. Her work includes managing the Collaborative Journalism Slack and doing trainings and workshops on effective, meaningful editorial collaboration. Find Heather Online: LinkedIn Show notes: (00:04): Guest Introduction (01:03): The importance of collaboration in newsrooms (02:38): Newsroom collaboration as a necessity in 2018 across the US (03:46): Potential reasons for collaborating with new organizations (08:25): Checklist of things organizations should be thinking about when they're looking at collaboration (11:18): Navigating challenges while collbaoring with various working cultures and practices (13:24): The significance of creating a safe work space (14:46): Factors to overcome in order to increase collaborations among newsrooms (17:20): Collaboration entails being inclusive of both journalists and people from other industries (20:21): Representing people from different backgrounds in the newsrooms (22:49): Advice and solutions the journalism industry needs to embrace (25:08): Wrap-up Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora <a href="https://iheart.c
Wed, October 24, 2018
#16 Guest Lecture: Segregation, Integration and the Sounds of Soul with John Capouya
Join us for this special 40-minute lecture with author and Professor of Writing and Journalism at the University of Tampa, John Capouya. This is an audio recording of a lecture. For copyright reasons, the lecture presentation images could not be included in the lecture recording. In this lecture, journalist and professor John Capouya, author of the newly published book, Florida Soul, discusses the evolution of rhythm and blues music in black communities and on the ”chitlin’ circuit” in the era of segregation, the vital role soul played in the civil rights movement, and how artists like Sam & Dave, James Brown, Aretha Franklin and Sam Cooke crossed over the racial divide into the mainstream, changing American culture.
Wed, October 24, 2018
#15 Guest Lecture: Stories By, Through, and About Algorithms with James T. Hamilton
Join us for a special 40-minute lecture with Stanford University Journalism Program Director, James T. Hamilton. This is an audio recording of a lecture. The lecturer used visual tools that could not be captured in the audio recording. Changes in media markets have put local investigative reporting particularly at risk. But new combinations of data and algorithms may make it easier for journalists to discover and tell the stories that hold institutions accountable. Based on his book Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism, in this lecture Professor Hamilton explores how the future of accountability reporting will involve stories by, through, and about algorithms. Dr. James Hamilton is the Hearst Professor of Communication, Director of the Journalism Program, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Communication at Stanford University. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, Hamilton taught at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, where he directed the De Witt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy. He earned a BA in Economics and Government (summa cum laude) and PhD in Economics from Harvard University.
Sun, July 22, 2018
#14 Israeli Media and Threats to Israeli Press Freedoms with Alan Abbey
About Our Guest: Alan D. Abbey founded Ynetnews and was executive vice president at the Jerusalem Post. He is also an adjunct professor of Journalism at National University of San Diego and ethics lecturer for the Getty School of Citizen Journalism in the Middle East and North Africa. He was a leader of the Online News Association’s digital ethics team, which created the “Build Your Own” Ethics Code course and website, and he chaired the Hartman Institute-American Jewish Press Association Ethics Project. He is the author of Journey of Hope: The Story of Ilan Ramon, Israel’s First Astronaut. A native of Brooklyn, New York, Abbey lives in Jerusalem with his wife and three children. Israeli journalists are among the most aggressive, intense, politicized, opinionated, and competitive media professionals anywhere. They differ from American media in significant ways. Find Alan D. Abbey Online Twitter LinkedIn Hear more from Alan D. Abbey Video Interview Lecture video Read the transcript of this episode Show notes: (00:00): Guest Introduction (01:30): Understanding Israeli media as opposed to American media (02:19): What American journalists could learn from Israeli journalists (05:02): Survey on ethical codes and journalism ethics amongst Jews in US and Canada (06:24): Identifying Jewish codes that inform jewish journalists (08:21): Navigating Alan's transition from the US to Israel (11:11): Alana's reasons for moving to Israel (13:06): How the media landscape looks like in the Middle East (15:47): Featuring Alan's role working in the Hartman Institue (17:51): Alan's transition from a journalist in the US to a PR representative in the Hartman Institute (22:24): Wrap-up Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts <a href="https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/university-of-oregon-school-of-journalism-and-communication/demystifying
Sat, July 21, 2018
#13 How Journalists Can Rebuild Trust with Joy Mayer
About Our Guest: Joy Mayer is an adjunct faculty member at The Poynter Institute and the University of Florida and is a community engagement strategist based Sarasota, Florida. She spent 12 years teaching at the Missouri School of Journalism, where she created an engagement curriculum and a community outreach team in the newsroom of the Columbia Missourian and also taught web design and print design. Find Joy Mayer Online Twitter LinkedIn Hear more from Joy Mayer Interview Video Lecture Video Show notes: Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean TuneIn Podchaser You can find more Demystifying Media content, like video interviews and lecture rec
Sat, July 14, 2018
#12 Reporting in Cuba, Mexico and Venezuela with Will Grant
Will Grant is one of the UK’s leading broadcast journalists on Latin American affairs. He has been the BBC’s Correspondent in Cuba since late 2014, shortly before the announcement of the re-establishment of diplomatic ties with the United States. In that time he has covered such historic moments as President Obama’s ground-breaking visit to Cuba and the death of the founder of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro. Before taking up his role in Cuba, he was the BBC Correspondent in Venezuela under Hugo Chavez and Mexico / Central America during some of the most violent years of the drug war. Will was previously the Americas Editor at the BBC World Service Radio, based in London and Miami and has covered the region extensively for over twenty years. In this podcast, Grant will discuss being a journalist in Venezuela, Mexico and Cuba, three of the countries that have forged the biggest headlines in Latin America over the past decade. Each country is different. Yet for reporters, there are certain similarities that can help us to produce informed, objective and balanced journalism in these fascinating nations. Whether dealing with political pressure from hostile authorities or having an awareness of personal security issues, understanding how to operate in the region can only strengthen the rich tradition of storytelling from Latin America as a whole. Will Grant graduated with First Class Honours from Edinburgh University and gained his Masters degree from the University of London’s Institute of Latin American Studies. Watch our interview with Will in the studio: https://youtu.be/F8GFNxzlv4o Watch Will's talk: https://youtu.be/VDrAocdvARQ Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/demy%E2%80%A6ia/id1369395906 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/university-of-oregon-school-of-journalism-and-communication/demystifying-media-podcast?refid=stpr Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Och6Oxpkhyo1nC7D6psHI Find more Demystifying Media talks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiELNjgZJJI&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zEJifP55GP1ghtQjY3tzoI0 Watch our Q&As with media experts on fake news, data journalism, privacy in the age of Google, indigenous media, technology trends, Facebook algorithms, and so much more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiuV9h-MKA&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zGu5TJeuL1SMBVCXlM4ViyL Read the transcript for this episode: https://www.scribd.com/document/463717769/Demystifying-Media-12-Reporting-in-Cuba-Mexico-and-Venezuela-with-Will-Grant
Tue, May 22, 2018
#11 Why 'Solutions Journalism' Matters with David Bornstein
David Bornstein is CEO and co-founder of the Solutions Journalism Network, which works to establish the practice of solutions journalism — rigorous reporting that examines responses to social problems — as an integral part of mainstream news. He has been a newspaper and magazine reporter for 25 years, having started his career working on the metro desk of New York Newsday. Since 2010, he has co-authored, with Tina Rosenberg, the “Fixes” column in The New York Times. He is the author of three books: How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas (2003, Oxford University Press), The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank (1996, Simon & Schuster), and Social Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know (2010, Oxford University Press). Watch our interview with David in the studio: https://youtu.be/O8t5sKJSj_g Watch David's talk: https://youtu.be/gpUeLqZCsnk Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/demy%E2%80%A6ia/id1369395906 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/university-of-oregon-school-of-journalism-and-communication/demystifying-media-podcast?refid=stpr Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Och6Oxpkhyo1nC7D6psHI Find more Demystifying Media talks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiELNjgZJJI&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zEJifP55GP1ghtQjY3tzoI0 Watch our Q&As with media experts on fake news, data journalism, privacy in the age of Google, indigenous media, technology trends, Facebook algorithms, and so much more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiuV9h-MKA&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zGu5TJeuL1SMBVCXlM4ViyL
Mon, March 12, 2018
#10 Documenting Chicago's Persistent Gun Violence with E. Jason Wambsgans
2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer E. Jason Wambsgans is a staff photographer at the Chicago Tribune, where he has spent the last 15 years covering stories that have taken him from the vanishing rainforests of Madagascar to the war in Afghanistan, and the last 5 years intensively documenting the problem of Chicago’s gun violence. Wambsgans studied fine art and cinema at Central Michigan University. Throughout a career of wide-ranging assignments, his editors have counted on his ability to inventively meet challenges, whether aesthetic, technical or conceptual, while gracefully conveying the human experience. Wambsgans won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Feature Photography for what the judges observed was “a superb portrayal of a 10-year-old boy and his mother striving to put the boy’s life back together after he survived a shooting in Chicago.” Watch our interview with Jason in the studio: https://youtu.be/zkRvCRzDG2k Watch Jason's talk: https://youtu.be/LqZ7cG1o0ok Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/demy%E2%80%A6ia/id1369395906 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/university-of-oregon-school-of-journalism-and-communication/demystifying-media-podcast?refid=stpr Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Och6Oxpkhyo1nC7D6psHI Find more Demystifying Media talks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiELNjgZJJI&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zEJifP55GP1ghtQjY3tzoI0 Watch our Q&As with media experts on fake news, data journalism, privacy in the age of Google, indigenous media, technology trends, Facebook algorithms, and so much more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiuV9h-MKA&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zGu5TJeuL1SMBVCXlM4ViyL Read the transcript for this episode: https://www.scribd.com/document/463622718/HDM-Podcast-Podcast-10-EJasonWambsgans
Mon, March 12, 2018
#9 Segregation, Integration and the Sounds of Soul with John Capouya
Professor Capouya specializes in teaching journalism and other forms of nonfiction writing. He is a former reporter and editor at The New York Times, Newsweek, New York Newsday and Smart Money magazines. His latest book, Florida Soul: From Ray Charles to KC and the Sunshine Band, chronicles the soul music scene over the past 50 years. In this podcast, Capouya discuss the evolution of his book, and the little known role Florida played in the rise of soul music. Watch our interview with John in the studio: https://youtu.be/iTiuV9h-MKA Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/demy%E2%80%A6ia/id1369395906 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/university-of-oregon-school-of-journalism-and-communication/demystifying-media-podcast?refid=stpr Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Och6Oxpkhyo1nC7D6psHI Find more Demystifying Media talks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiELNjgZJJI&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zEJifP55GP1ghtQjY3tzoI0 Watch our Q&As with media experts on fake news, data journalism, privacy in the age of Google, indigenous media, technology trends, Facebook algorithms, and so much more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiuV9h-MKA&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zGu5TJeuL1SMBVCXlM4ViyL Read the transcript for this episode: https://www.scribd.com/document/463631629/Demystifying-Media-9-Segregation-Integration-and-the-Sounds-of-Soul-with-John-Capouya
Fri, March 09, 2018
#8 Stories by, through, and about algorithms with James T. Hamilton
About Our Guest: Dr. James Hamilton is the Hearst Professor of Communication, Director, of the Journalism Program, and Director of Undergraduate Studies in Communication at Stanford University. Prior to joining the Stanford faculty, Hamilton taught at Duke University’s Sanford School of Public Policy, where he directed the De Witt Wallace Center for Media and Democracy. Changes in media markets have put local investigative reporting particularly at risk. But new combinations of data and algorithms may make it easier for journalists to discover and tell the stories that hold institutions accountable. Based on his book Democracy’s Detectives: The Economics of Investigative Journalism, James T. Hamilton explores how the future of accountability reporting will involve stories by, through, and about algorithms. Find Dr. James Hamilton Online Website Hear more from Dr. James Hamilton Video Interview Read the transcript for this episode Show notes: (00:00): Guest Introduction (02:00): The route James embarked on leading him to computational journalism (02:57): Takeaways from his book in terms of investigative reporting (04:24): What do we need to know about media markets relative to other types of markets? (09:23): What are news organizations facing when they attempt to do an investigation in terms of the trade offs involved? (13:14): The influence and social impact of news organizations when they invest their time and money (15:43): Tackling how computation and algorithms relate to the future of investigative reporting (18:27): Navigating how the public reacted to the ideas in his book (20:05): Identifying how to stimulate a better environment for investigative journalism (21:11): Wrap-up Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify <a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLo
Fri, December 15, 2017
#7 Why People “Fly from Facts” with Troy Campbell
Troy Campbell is a design psychologist, which means he uses psychology to design better experiences, communications, and education. He is an expert in consumer behavior, marketing social psychology, political psychology, and scientific communication. Campbell’s research uses psychology to understand what makes people happy, how social movements can be effective, the power of advertising, what makes a good experience (such as a music festival), and consumerism. Find Troy online: Follow Troy on Twitter: (@)TroyHCampbell Visit his website: http://troyhcampbell.weebly.com/ Read some of his earlier thinking on Why People "Fly from Facts" in Scientific American (https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-people-fly-from-facts/) Watch our interview with Troy in the studio: https://youtu.be/L0j02LGsS4k Watch Troy's talk: https://youtu.be/EiELNjgZJJI Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/demy%E2%80%A6ia/id1369395906 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/university-of-oregon-school-of-journalism-and-communication/demystifying-media-podcast?refid=stpr Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Och6Oxpkhyo1nC7D6psHI Find more Demystifying Media talks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiELNjgZJJI&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zEJifP55GP1ghtQjY3tzoI0 Watch our Q&As with media experts on fake news, data journalism, privacy in the age of Google, indigenous media, technology trends, Facebook algorithms, and so much more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiuV9h-MKA&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zGu5TJeuL1SMBVCXlM4ViyL Read the transcript of this episode: https://www.scribd.com/document/463630695/Demystifying-Media-7-Why-People-Fly-from-Facts-with-Troy-Campbell
Tue, November 21, 2017
#6 Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Toxic Tech with Sara Wachter-Boettcher
Sara Wachter-Boettcher is a content strategy and user experience expert who has worked on the web since she graduated from the SOJC (Magazine, 2005). As the principal of Rare Union, she’s led projects and facilitated workshops for Fortune 100 corporations, education and research institutions, and startups. Her new book, Technically Wrong: Sexist Apps, Biased Algorithms, and Other Threats of Toxic Tech, looks at the way technologists often embed a narrow worldview into the products they build, providing a revealing look at how tech industry bias and blind spots get baked into digital products—and harm us all. Watch our interview with Sara in the studio: https://youtu.be/lalv8Kz6R08 Watch Sara's talk: https://youtu.be/n2eSMimK83I Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/demy%E2%80%A6ia/id1369395906 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/university-of-oregon-school-of-journalism-and-communication/demystifying-media-podcast?refid=stpr Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2Och6Oxpkhyo1nC7D6psHI Find more Demystifying Media talks on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiELNjgZJJI&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zEJifP55GP1ghtQjY3tzoI0 Watch our Q&As with media experts on fake news, data journalism, privacy in the age of Google, indigenous media, technology trends, Facebook algorithms, and so much more: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTiuV9h-MKA&list=PLoqXTlv_f5zGu5TJeuL1SMBVCXlM4ViyL Read the transcript for this podcast: https://www.scribd.com/document/463718611/Demystifying-Media-6-Sexist-Apps-Biased-Algorithms-and-Toxic-Tech-with-Sara-Wachter-Boettcher
Wed, May 17, 2017
#5 Where Data Journalism Comes From with C. W. Anderson
About Our Guest: C. W. Anderson is the author of Rebuilding the News: Metropolitan Journalism in the Digital Age and Journalism: What Everyone Needs to Know (co-authored with former Washington Post Executive Editor Len Downie and sociologist Michael Schudson), which has been described as “an accessible, sweeping survey of the past, present, and future of journalism.” Find C. W. Anderson Online: LinkedIn Hear more from our guest: Video interview Lecture Interview Show Notes: (00:04): Guest Introduction (01:40): Origin stories related to data journalism and sociology (03:48): How data can help us understand other forms of journalistic endeavor (06:26): Data journalism in the past vs. present (08:10): Tackling data-driven storytelling and its relation to science (10:30): Identifying ways journalists can rebuild trust with the public (12:35): The economic crisis affecting the journalism industry during and after the 2016 election (13:54): Navigating how to use journalism to improve democratic values (20:33): Next steps for Chris Anderson (21:53): Wrap-up Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio <a href="https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/8pwud-83f50/Demy
Fri, May 12, 2017
#4 The Flattening of News with Stacy-Marie Ishmael
About Our Guest: Stacy-Marie Ishmael will be spending the 2016–17 academic year researching the challenges newsrooms face in adapting to the rise of the mobile-only audience. Prior to this fellowship, she was the managing editor of mobile news for BuzzFeed News, running the BuzzFeed News app and morning newsletter, and overseeing a team of news editors in New York, Los Angeles, and London. Find Stacy-Marie Online: LinkedIn Twitter Hear more from Stacy-Marie: Lecture Interview Video Interview Show notes: (00:04): Guest Introduction (00:51): The flattening of news and its consequences for trust (02:47): How users should respond to challenges related to fake stories (05:50): How her fellowship at Stanford influenced her (08:27): Identifying what the term flattening refers to in her title (09:16): Consumer expectation and newsroom reality (10:21): Are newsrooms equipped or do their skills need to be reevaluated? (12:15): The meaning of bad mobile experience (15:56): Examples of news organizations providing bad, but also good mobile experience for users (23:44): Skills students should be developing as they move into the workforce (26:09): Wrap-up Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible <a href="https://www.
Mon, March 13, 2017
#3 The Future of Local Newspapers with Christopher Ali
About Our Guest: Ali has published in numerous journals, including Communication Theory, Media Culture & Society, and International Journal of Communication. His forthcoming book, Media Localism: The Policies of Place (University of Illinois Press, 2017), addresses the difficulties of defining and regulating local media in the 21st century in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada and the implications these difficulties have for the long-term viability of local news. Find Christopher Ali online: LinkedIn Twitter Show Notes: (00:05): Guest Introduction (00:55): A new perspective into the future of small market newspapers (02:06): pros and cons of small market newspapers (04:12): Challenges small market newspaper will be facing in the future (05:43): The economics of small market newspapers (09:09): Various narratives in the newspaper industry (12:33): Next steps for Christopher Ali (13:53): Wrap-up Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio PodBean <a href="https://tunein.com/podcasts/Technology-Podcasts/Demystifying-Media-at-the-University-of-Oregon-p1
Tue, March 07, 2017
#2 Social Media Use in the Arabian Gulf with Sarah Vieweg
About Our Guest: Sarah Vieweg researches how citizens of Arab Gulf countries perceive, use, and re-interpret social media, with an eye toward defining design principles that consider non-Western cultural values. She also looks at how advertisers throughout the world turn to social media for advertising and marketing, and how diverse marketplace activities translate to digital environments. Find Sarah Vieweg online: LinkedIn Show Notes: 00:05: Guest Introduction 00:48: Identifying how values and ideologies in the Arab Gulf translate into social media use 01:50: Exemplifying how modesty manifests in social media usage amongst women in the Gulf 03:46: Sara's journey in Qatar researching social media use 06:05: Challenges Sarah faced as a foreigner conducing research in a conservative region 07:06: Findings of her research in terms of drivers for social media use in the Gulf 08:47: Navigating the dynamic of modernization in Qatar 10:58: Examples of evolving social media platforms usage in Qatar 13:34: Lessons on social media usage in the Gulf that could be adopted in the west 15:42: How social media can be empowering to women in the Gulf 17:32: Sarah's next steps in terms of her social media research 18:11 Wrap up Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this interview a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube Amazon Music/Audible Pandora iHeartRadio <a href="https://www.podbean.com/podcast-detail/8pwud-83f50/Demystifying-Media-at-the-
Wed, March 01, 2017
#1 Visual Journalism in the Age of Trump with Nikki Usher
About Our Guest: Nikki Usher is an assistant professor at George Washington University's School of Media and Public Affairs. She is the author of Making News at The New York Times (University of Michigan Press, 2014) and Interactive Journalism: Hackers, Data, and News (University of Illinois Press, November 2016), which looks at the rise of programming, data, and hacking in journalism and the ensuing changes to the profession. She received her PhD and Master’s degrees from the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School of Communication and her A.B. from Harvard University. Dr. Usher joined us in the Demystifying Media podcast studio to look ahead to what’s next for interactive journalism across the world. Joining Professor Usher in this conversation were Damian Radcliffe, the Carolyn S. Chambers Professor of Journalism, Dr. Seth Lewis, holder of the Shirley Papé Chair in Electronic Media and Kaitlin Bane a doctoral student at the University of Oregon. Find Nikke Usher online: Personal Website LinkedIn Show Notes: 00:05: Guest Introduction 01:27: Demonstrating how hacker journalism has evolved post-Trump era 02:26: Defining the term hacker journalism 03:43: Tackling key themes and ideas in Nikki's book 04:38: Navigating fundamental assumptions of how information must be consumed 07:13: The intersection of programming, coding, and journalism 9:17: Determining how different audiences interpret the themes of Nikki's book 11:57: Identifying the merits of various media organizations 16:09: Dealing with technological adaptations and digital distribution 20:39: Wrap-up Read the transcript for this episode Want to listen to this episode a different way? Find us wherever you get your podcasts: RSS Feed Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Stitcher Spotify YouTube <a href=
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