Beyond the Newsroom
Crystal and Renata walked into a newsroom and immediately wanted to paint it. Now, we don't have to. We're living the dream and out on our own. We're bringing you inspiring conversations devoted to disruptors redefining how journalism is done. We're talking to people who are running their own bureaus, launching their own shows, and establishing their own journalism models. We're talking to people dreaming up the future of the news industry.
Episodes
14 episodes
Cooking Up the Realness that Food Media Was Missing
Stephen Satterfield’s mission is to bring the true origins of food culture and traditions to light. Fed up with racist gatekeeping in the food media industry, he launched his own independent food media company, called Whetstone Media. In this e...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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12:12
How One American Built Her Dream Life Abroad
Have you ever thought of packing up and moving abroad? Just disappearing and starting a new life? Our guest Gabriella Lindsay did just that. Lindsay and her family document their new experiences in a
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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13:34
How We Brave Our Virtual Reality
Zoom, Twitter, and other parts of the Internet are virtual battlegrounds for journalists in the modern-day war over free speech. We find ourselves braving battles to defend ourselves and our work from online trolls. In this episode, we receive ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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15:33
TikTok Storytelling #KeepitShort
It's the medium for the ever-shortening attention span, the mindless scrollers looking for something interesting enough to stop them from swiping up. It's that thing some are addicted to-- and some feel they missed the boat on. We talk TikTok i...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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17:50
State of the Unions
Media unions and leadership laid out goals and promises for diversity, equity, and inclusion in 2020. So how's that going? Has there been any measurable change at large public broadcasting institutions like NPR and the BBC? And what does all of...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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16:01
Season 2: The Trailer!
Media unions, internet trolls, Tik Tok journalists, and more.Stay tuned for Season 2 of Beyond the Newsroom, debuting Tuesday, April 6th!
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Season 2
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Episode 0
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1:07
FYI, The Black-Owned Newsroom Has Been Here
Black Lives Matter protests across the country have prompted what’s being called a “racial reckoning” within majority-white newsrooms. Black journalists working within these spaces are speaking openly about the systemic racism they have experie...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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21:36
Owning Our Voices On Social Media
Silence is a statement, and so is speaking up. Some journalists aren’t waiting until they release an end-of-career memoir to reveal challenges in the newsroom. They’re taking a stand on Twitter and other social media platforms. In t...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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22:46
When We Don't Sound Like Ourselves On Air...
The voice is a powerful commodity in the news business. If it's distinct enough, it's a golden ticket to success—or the fast track to failure. Some of your favorite media personalities have braved the hypercritical, loaded world of voicing. In ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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32:20
Beyond the Lens: Documenting Migrants At The Border
Verónica G. Cárdenas has a passion for photographing the life of migrants seeking asylum at the Texas-Mexico border. Cárdenas is a go-to freelancer for several national publications. In this episode, she explains why she believes diversity behi...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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20:05
She Was Living Her Best Foreign Freelancer Life
French freelance journalist Hélène Guinhut spent five years saving thousands of euros to make it to the U.S. Her dream was to cover the 2020 presidential race. And she did—for a few months, at least. When COVID hit, she had to head back to Fran...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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16:22
Keeping The Lights On
Layoffs. Furloughs. It's becoming harder for many journalists, including freelancers, to pay their bills. Paige Cornwell is a reporter for The Seattle Times. With the help of some others, she created a GoFundMe furlough fund for journalists whi...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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11:24
Telling Stories From A Social Distance
John Davis is a freelance journalist based in Los Angeles County. He has created a way, in the midst of COVID quarantine mandates, to cover his local community via social distance walks that incorporate hard news.
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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13:15
"Hold On To The Good Things" For Your Mental Health
Kari Cobham is senior associate director of The Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism & Media at The Carter Center. She started a Twitter thread on mental health and COVID-19 for journalists and the general public.
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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18:24