On this episode we're joined by Jackie Llanos. Jackie is an immigration reporter for NOTUS, which stands for News of the United States, a newsroom that covers significant national issues and politics.

This interview was taped prior to NOTUS' announcement on March 16 of their plans to rebrand and expand.

Jackie has been with them for 6 months on a two-year fellowship. Previously she was a reporter in Florida for States Newsroom. She is a graduate of the University of Richmond.

Jackie talked about covering immigration from the bureaucratic perspective, focusing on the legal and legislative system, as well as a story she did in her previous job about a U.S. citizen being taken and imprisoned by ICE, which she learned about through a Facebook group.

At the end of the interview you'll again hear from New York City-based high school journalism club advisor Anita Pinto about her latest experiences in guiding and shaping her program at Urban Assembly Gateway School For Technology. You can listen to my original interview with Anita from September here)

Jackie's stories:

U.S. citizen arrested by ICE

https://floridaphoenix.com/2025/04/17/u-s-born-man-held-for-ice-under-floridas-new-anti-immigration-law/

How the immigration crackdown affects elder caretakers

https://www.notus.org/immigration/trump-immigration-crackdown-tps-elder-caretakers

Jackie's salute: Richmond journalism professor Tom Mullen

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On this episode we talked to four early-college student journalists at the College Media Association National Convention in Manhattan: Candice Borowitz (Chatham, Communiqué), Ellie Sileo (Lehigh, The Brown & White), Graham Goodman (Ithaca, The Ithacan), and Rebecca Borlace (Michigan, The Michigan Daily).

The students talked about the kind of journalism they were doing, their best journalism accomplishments, the best things they had learned, the kinds of things they hoped to do in the future, and their thoughts on AI.

Candice's salute: Public Source (Pittsburgh)

Ellie's salute: Lehigh's international student magazine, Voices

Graham's salute: Jen McCaffrey of The Athletic and also ProPublica

Rebecca's salute: Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press

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On this episode we're joined by Jordan Gass-Poore (GOSS-PO-ray). To try to pin down one job for Jordan is hard. She has 116 projects listed under experience on her LinkedIn page. One expertise is in podcast production and reporting on topics such as climate change and public health but she does plenty of written work too. She's a graduate of Texas State University with a Masters in investigative journalism from the University of London.

Jordan talked about the path through many different jobs. We spotlighted a podcast about environmental hazards she conceived, narrated, and produced for NJ Spotlight News, a piece she wrote about what TV and movies gets wrong about having a parent in prison, and the journalist networking and media collective she's co-founded, Local Switchboard NYC.

She also explained that as a freelancer, there's a lot of things she does beyond just doing the writing, and offered tips on producing and writing for audio. And she highlighted how journalism allows us to find connections with each other that we might not otherwise.

Work examples:

Hazard NJ Podcast

https://www.njspotlightnews.org/podcasts/hazard-nj/

What Movies And TV Get Wrong About Having A Parent In Prison

https://scalawagmagazine.org/2022/06/prison-movies-lies/

Jordan's salutes:

Michael Sol Warren, her former editor at NJ Spotlight News and now reporter at WNYC

Jamie Kraft, senior managing editor, NJ Spotlight News

Joe Lee, NJ PBS general manager

Vernon Loeb, Inside Climate News

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