Who's behind the news?
Who's behind the news?
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Use of Data
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Marshall Project data journalist Jill Castellano on her methods for working with flawed federal data
Jill Castellano is a Pulitzer Prize winning data reporter with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization that covers the criminal justice system. Castellano contextualizes The Marshall Project's investigations with data-driven research, creates data visualizers, and writes methodologies to help others conduct similar research.
Morgan Kriesel expands on his most recent Prairie Fire newsletter
Morgan Kriesel on the growing shift from public data as a civic resource to data as a tool of surveillance
Researcher with Black & Pink comments on federal data's role in the erasure of LGBTQ+ prisoners
Kenna Barnes is the Senior Director of Advocacy and Programs at Black & Pink National. During her time there, she has created programs to support people who have been impacted by the carceral system, especially those who identify as LGBTQ+ and those who have HIV. Barnes has also helped shape Black & Pink’s research work, such as the Advancing Transgender Justice Survey, a collaborative report led by the Vera Institute.
Tangle founder Isaac Saul on fairness, bias, and the business of being “nonpartisan”
Isaac Saul, the founder of Tangle, a newsletter-based media outlet that aims to present a wide range of political perspectives in a single daily product.
The pioneering cartoonist discusses how he found his way into journalism, why comics offer something unique, and what ke...
Joe Sacco is a comics journalist, a form he helped bring into the contemporary mainstream through books like Palestine, Safe Area Goražde, and Footnotes in Gaza.
On inequality, climate, and building a nonprofit news model
Newsjunkie managing editor Peter Landau speaks with Danny Feingold, publisher and founder of Capital & Main, about the outlet's origins, editorial mission, audience strategy, and the future of independent reporting.
Newsjunkie’s Who’s Behind the News podcast on media control, political power, and the future of independent journalism i...
In part two of Newsjunkie’s Who’s Behind the News podcast, host Matt Fidler continues his discussion with Gordon Whiting, publisher of Newsjunkie.net, about Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s relationship with the press and what it reveals about media power globally.
Newsjunkie’s Who’s Behind the News podcast on how Trump is learning from Modi's attack on journalism
Newsjunkie’s Who’s Behind the News podcast on how Trump is learning from Modi's attack on journalism
San José Spotlight’s co-founder Josh Barousse on filling a news desert, getting funding, and disrupting the status quo
Ramona Giwargis and Josh Barousse launched San José Spotlight, a nonprofit newsroom focused on local government, policy, and civic engagement in Santa Clara County.
Who’s Behind the News host Matt Fidler speaks with senior writer Morgan Kriesel about his reporting on the purge of government scientists and data collectors, the erosion of public research infrastructure, and the effort to preserve scientific work.
In this episode of Who’s Behind the News from Newsjunkie.net, host and producer Matt Fidler speaks with Newsjunkie co-founder and publisher Gordon Whiting about sensationalism, the attention economy, and the erosion of public trust in journalism.