On this episode we're joined by Daniel Newman. Daniel is a digital content producer for Cleveland Jewish News in Cleveland Ohio. He's an early-career journalist who also spent a year as a news reporter for the Tribune Chronicle in Warren, Ohio. He's a native of Youngstown, Ohio and a 2023 graduate of Cleveland State University, where he spent a year as news editor of the student newspaper.

Daniel discussed his upbringing and multi-layered racial religious background and what he's enjoying about working for a Jewish media outlet. He walked us through the different elements of his job, gave examples of what he's covered, and shared several other interests he has.

Work example: Cleveland Museum of Natural History Transformation

Daniel's salute: Chris McBride, Tribune-Chronicle

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On this episode we're joined by Miranda Green. Miranda is a freelance investigative reporter based in Los Angeles. She was the director of investigations at Floodlight news covering corporations and political interests stalling climate action.

She's also previously worked for Newsweek, The Daily Beast, Decode DC, CNN, the Hill, and Huffington Post. She's a graduate of George Washington University.

I became interested in talking to Miranda after I found stories she wrote about a specific way in which misinformation about climate science is spreading.

We spent much of the episode discussing how she reported on those stories, how those are both individual stories and also a problem for the journalism industry, and advice she has on covering one story that may lead to many more stories.

Examples of coverage:

Chevron owns a newspaper

https://mirandacgreen.com/chevron-owns-this-citys-news-site-many-stories-arent-told-2/

The North Dakota "newspaper" and a Greenpeace lawsuit

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/a-pipeline-company-is-suing-greenpeace-for-300-million-a-pay-to-play-newspaper-is-accused-of-tainting-the-jury-pool/

How an Alabama utility wields influence by financing news

https://mirandacgreen.com/control-the-narrative-how-an-alabama-utility-wields-influence-by-financing-news/

Miranda's salute: Byron Tau, investigative reporter, AP

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On our 221st episode, we're joined by Kristen Hare. Kristen is Poynter Institute's director of craft and local news. She teaches local journalists the skills they need to serve and cover their communities. Previously she covered the people of business and local news for Poynter. She's based near Tampa, Florida.

We covered a wide range of topics with Kristen, including what local news looks like in 2025, tips she has for maximizing local news coverage, and how she views the work of college students helping local news thrive and the role of newsletters in covering local news.

And she talked about one of her passions- obituary writing (our first obituaries discussion!).

Kristen's salute: Justin Baxley, WMAZ

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