On this episode we're joined by Hanaa' Tameez. Hanaa' is a staff writer for Nieman Journalism Lab at Harvard University. Hanaa' and Nieman report on the future of journalism. She previously worked for the Fort Worth Star Telegram as its diversity reporter (one example here). Hanaa is a 2016 graduate of Stony Brook University, where she was editor in chief of the school paper. She has a masters in Spanish language journalism from CUNY Newmark Graduate School. She is Pakistani-American and speaks 3 languages.

Hanaa' talked about the types of stories she covers, everything from author Q&A's to clever ways newsrooms use language to teach climate policy, to the development of a news aggregator/dating app. She shared the challenges of working in the industry and how taking a class on the business of news changed her perspective for the better.

Her biggest piece of advice to future journos: read about developments in the industry!

Hanaa's salute: Journalists everywhere who are putting the public's right to know above their own safety.

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On this episode we're joined by José Ignacio Castañeda Perez. He's a reporter for Spotlight Delaware, a local independent journalism non-profit. He's been there for the last year and a half. Previously he covered border issues for the The Arizona Republic and Underserved Communities for The Wilmington Delaware News Journal. He's specializing in reporting on immigration in Delaware. He's a graduate of Arizona State and is a recent recipient of The Chauncey Bailey Fellowship, for which he'll be doing an investigative project.

José talked about all that covering immigration entails, the kind of stories that Spotlight Delaware pursues and how those stories are presented to their audience. He also shared advice for aspiring reporters and provided insights into some of the tough realities of the job.

José's salute: Migrant Insider

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On this episode, Mark Simon speaks to Marcela García, associate editor and columnist for the op-ed page at The Boston Globe.

Marcela often writes about Latinx communities in Boston including in a newsletter she launched, ¡Mira!, that is written in English and Spanish. She also writes some of the Globe's unsigned editorials.

For that, she and two of her colleagues were finalists for this year's Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing. As the Pulitzer board noted "For their politically courageous and deeply reported editorials on how Boston can humanely and effectively close underutilized schools in ways that improve student learning."

We talked to Marcela about the series, the work that goes into reporting and writing, and her advice for students with aspirations of writing op-eds and editorials. If you like the former podcast, Longform, I think you'll enjoy this episode.

Link to the Pulitzer series: https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/22653

Marcela's salutes: New Bedford Light and Texas Tribune

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