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The Journalism Salute

The Journalism Salute

By: Mark Simon
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The Journalism Salute is a journalism appreciation podcast. We interview working journalists about who they are and what they do.

Our aim is to have diverse guests, thoughtful questions, and interesting conversation.

If you're an aspiring journalist, you'll learn potential careers to pursue and tips to put to use.

If you're an experienced journalist, you'll learn about like-minded members of your profession with notable stories to tell.

And if you're not a journalist, we hope you'll garner or further an appreciation for journalists and realize that they are NOT the enemy.

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And find us at our website or on Twitter and e-mail us at journalismsalute@gmail.com

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Episodes
  • Maryam Jameel, Engagement Reporter, ProPublica
    Nov 11 2025

    On this episode we're joined by Maryam Jameel. Maryam is a graduate of Northwestern and an engagement reporter for ProPublica focused on workers' rights, occupational safety, immigration, and the federal government.

    Being an engagement reporter means both connecting with your audience and connecting with sources and Marayam is working on a campaign featuring ads on D.C. Metro cars encouraging federal workers to share their stories.

    This follows a campaign that ProPublica did with a truck traveling around Washington D.C. also encouraging workers to call.

    We talk to her about writing, innovative ways of sourcing, the challenges of ethical reporting, and her approach to stories.

    Maryam's salute: Reporters covering the war and atrocities in Gaza

    Helpful links:

    More on the way ProPublica is finding sources

    https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/03/propublica-wanted-to-find-more-sources-in-the-federal-government-so-it-brought-a-truck/

    Our interview with her reporting colleague, Melissa Sanchez

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/melissa-sanchez-pro-publica/id1526063503?i=1000615807775


    You can find all our episode guides for teachers and professors here,

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    Thank you for listening. You can e-mail me at journalismsalute@gmail.com

    Visit our website: thejournalismsalute.org

    Mark’s website (MarkSimonmedia.com)

    Bluesky at @marksimon.bsky.social

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    38 mins
  • Joe Coughlin, Co-Founder, Editor-in-Chief: The Record - North Shore
    Nov 4 2025

    On this episode we're joined by Joe Coughlin. Joe is the co-founder and editor-in-chief of The Record - North Shore, a non-profit newsroom serving Chicago's North Shore suburbs.

    Joe has 20 years in the journalism industry to draw upon. The Record and The Journalism Salute started at around the same time. In fact, Joe reached out to me not long after he started to tell me what he was doing. I said – I'll talk to you eventually. Eventually is now – 5 years later!

    Joe talked about why he has such a passion for local news, how he started and manages a small, local, award-winning non-profit and how it has been able to survive. He also provided examples of the kind of stories that work and why he thinks sports is so important to local news coverage.

    Joe's salute: Block Club Chicago


    You can find all our episode guides for teachers and professors here,

    Please support your local public radio station: adoptastation.org

    Thank you for listening. You can e-mail me at journalismsalute@gmail.com

    Visit our website: thejournalismsalute.org

    Mark’s website (MarkSimonmedia.com)

    Bluesky at @marksimon.bsky.social

    Subscribe to our newsletter– journalismsalute.beehiiv.com

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    34 mins
  • Nicole Lewis, Engagement Editor, The Marshall Project
    Oct 28 2025

    On this episode we're joined by Nicole Lewis. Nicole is the engagement editor for The Marshall Project, leading the organization’s strategic efforts to deepen reporting that reaches communities most affected by the criminal legal system. She also leads certain investigative reporting projects.

    The Marshall Project is a non-profit nonpartisan newsroom covering America's criminal justice system with the belief that the system is broken and needs reform.

    We talked to Nicole about both her purpose as a journalist and The Marshall Project's purpose as an organization. She provided examples of stories she's worked on, everything from 'as-told-to' pieces with incarcerated people dealing with pregnancy issues to lawmakers' response to a supposed shoplifting crisis, to a massive survey of those incarcerated about the 2024 election (which featured a surprising level of support for Donald Trump).

    Nicole's salutes: Outlier Media and New York Magazine

    Related interviews on this podcast:

    Trina Reynolds-Tyler & Sarah Conway (Invisible Institute)

    Justin Baxley, More Than A Number

    Erin Perry, Outlier Media


    You can find all our episode guides for teachers and professors (including this one) here,

    Please support your local public radio station: adoptastation.org

    Thank you for listening. You can e-mail me at journalismsalute@gmail.com

    Visit our website: thejournalismsalute.org

    Mark’s website (MarkSimonmedia.com)

    Bluesky at @marksimon.bsky.social

    Subscribe to our newsletter– journalismsalute.beehiiv.com

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    40 mins
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