The J Word: A Podcast by Journalism Practice
What is journalism? How can we make it better? What does "better" look like? We talk about some of these questions -- and answer them -- in our discussions with academics and professionals who've published recently in Journalism Practice. We focus on meanings of advancing digital technologies in journalism, social issues and conditions that journalists (need to) cover, and the future of the field. Articles featured in the episodes are temporarily made free access for citizens, journalists, scholars, and students. While the discussions are rooted in research, they are approached to influence practice. The podcast is hosted and produced by Robert (Ted) Gutsche, Jr., a former journalist, Associate Editor at Journalism Practice, an Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) in Critical Digital Media Practice at Lancaster University in the U.K. and Visiting Professor at Vytautas Magnus University in Lithuania. Follow him on Twitter @RobertGutscheJr and the podcast @JournPractice or email us with ideas and feedback at jwordpodcast@gmail.com.
Episodes
52 episodes
The J Word 5.8: Gender & Identity in Newswork
In this episode, we take a global look at influences of gender and identity in newswork. With a focus on investigative journalism in Latin America, Vanessa de Macedo Higgins Joyce at Texas State University, in the U.S., discusses the opportunit...
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Season 5
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Episode 8
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52:24
The J Word 5.7: Valuing Voices in News
Many of us hope that journalism provides a space for a diverse range of voices, though we also recognize that sometimes some voices are louder than others. In this episode, we hear from three scholars whose works in Journalism Practice deal wit...
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Season 5
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Episode 7
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41:31
The J Word 5.6: Teaching Journalism Today
In this episode, we talk through all things teaching and training related to journalism. From India, Harikrishnan Bhaskaran, Assistant Professor at the Central University of Himachal Pradesh, discusses how he and his coauthors have found educat...
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Season 5
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Episode 6
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48:55
The J Word 5.5: What's Journalism Practice Research?
With aims of inclusivity and transparency, in this episode, Editor-in-Chief Bonnie Brennen talks us through what the journal, Journalism Practice, publishes. Our discussion walks through what our editors and reviewers hope to see in te...
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Season 5
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Episode 5
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32:42
The J Word 5.4: Editing Today's News
In this episode, we focus on two ways journalists are working as editors, from setting online visual agendas to dealing with user-influenced content. Gina M. Masullo in the School of Journalism and Media and Associate Director of the Center for...
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Season 5
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Episode 4
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35:47
The J Word 5.3: Emotional News Gatekeeping
Scenes and sounds of conflict – from social media and online comments to news stories to the crisis of an airplane crash – may make for “good journalism” and set the scene for larger storytelling that journalism is known for. But what other soc...
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Season 5
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Episode 3
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37:40
The J Word 5.01: Innovando las Noticias [Innovating the News]
Nuestra invitada de hoy, Diana Lucía Álvarez-Macías del Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, nos habla sobre cómo los periodistas de hoy aplican la investigación sociológica en sus reportajes. Esta entrevista, en español, se en...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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12:49
The J Word 5.2: Digital News, Social Influences
Despite its digitization, journalism – hopefully – hasn’t lost its, what we will call, socialness. From covering issues related to #MeToo to navigating how to appear on and use social media to connecting audiences with the creation of content, ...
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Season 5
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Episode 2
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32:05
The J Word 5.1: Futures in Digital News Tech
It’s almost impossible to separate today's journalism from technology. In this episode, we hear from Sadia Jamil, incoming faculty at School of International Communications, University of Nottingham, China, who gives us an update on all things ...
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Season 5
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Episode 1
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47:16
The J Word 4.02: Distributing Media Representations
This is the second of two bonus episodes in Season 4 of The J Word related to an award supported by Journalism Practice for early career scholars that is part of the annual Social Justice + Media Symposium (
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Season 4
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Episode 12
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34:26
The J Word 4.01: "Reading" Journalistic Power
This is the first of two bonus episodes in Season 4 of The J Word. Because practice and scholarship, global communication, and inclusivity are central to what the podcast is about, we decided to help support an award for early career scholars a...
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Season 4
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Episode 11
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35:51
The J Word 4.10: Instagramming the News
Today, we are joined by Jonathan Hendrickx, from Vrije Universiteit Brussel, who talks about news outlets in Belgium using Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok to engage with youth. From Finland, Niina Sormanen, at the University of Jyväskylä, share...
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Season 4
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Episode 10
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41:55
The J Word 4.9: Ethics of Today’s (News) Conflicts
With the help of Journalism Practice Editor-in-Chief Bonnie Brennen, Professor Emerita at Marquette University, in the U.S., we discuss in this episode ethical aspects of covering and researching major conflicts of the news day. Avery ...
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Season 4
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Episode 9
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50:35
The J Word 4.8: Combatting Digital News Threats
For better or worse, digital technologies, with their offerings of platforms and personalities, have threatened traditional news media outlets in terms of their hold on authority, legitimacy, and money. Decades into this battle over digital ter...
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Season 4
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Episode 8
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57:58
The J Word 4.7: Freelancing Digital News
Freelancing requires a lot of heavy lifting. In this episode, Christian-Ramón Marín-Sanchiz from the Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche, in Spain, gives us an overview of how it feels to be a freelancer today, while Mushfique Wadud from Univ...
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Season 4
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Episode 7
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37:19
The J Word 4.6: Digital News Ethics, Data, & Disrespect
This is our each-season special featuring of thoughts from Journalism Practice’s Associate and Engagement editors that focuses on their own major and recent works to get us thinking about journalism in new ways across the globe. Associate Edito...
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Season 4
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Episode 6
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1:00:50
The J Word 4.5: Covering Climate Change Contestations
This episode is the second of two focused on how journalists balance reporting on climate change’s synergistic effects – the related and consequential results of a changing climate. Our conversation surrounds a double special issue of Journalis...
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Season 4
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Episode 5
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58:10
The J Word 4.4: Covering Climate Change Synergies
This episode extends conversations about climate change coverage to how journalists balance reporting on climate change’s synergistic effects – the related and consequential results of a changing climate. This is the first of two ep...
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Season 4
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Episode 4
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43:19
The J Word 4.3: Debates of "Alternative" News
This episode unpacks current debates on the meanings, roles, and futures of alternative news. Guests include David Dowling, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Iowa in the U.S., who talks about acti...
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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49:05
The J Word 4.2: How Free are Journalists?
In this episode, we discuss not just how free journalists are across the globe, but how we can better understand the complications of journalistic autonomy. In other words, we ask, “What types of freedoms are there for journalists?” Guests incl...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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1:02:39
The J Word 4.1: Did Digital Kill News Beats?
No, news beats aren’t dead. But they do look different in today’s digital world. Just who is covering what? Do assigned beats matter? What’s the tension between journalistic specialization and the general assignment beat? This episode features ...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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23:43
The J Word 3.10: Digital News Numbers
This episode focuses more on the meanings of numbers in today’s digital journalism than in doing math. We explore issues of power, culture, professionalism, and inequalities – all surrounding how journalists use numbers.In this airing, w...
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Season 3
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Episode 10
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54:11
The J Word Bonus: Podcasting Toward Reckoning
This is a bonus episode and behind-the-scenes talk on The J Word Podcast, journalistic reckoning, power, and the future of the podcasting form. The following is from a talk given by producer and host Ted Gutsche for a virtual series on journali...
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Season 3
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Episode 0
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58:12
The J Word 3.9: The Potentials of Peace Journalism
Does the notion of peace journalism always mean there must be a war going on Just what is peace journalism? How does it differ from solutions, constructive, and, well, just “good” journalism? We debate and discuss approaches to peace journalism...
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Season 3
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Episode 9
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56:49
The J Word 3.8: Measuring Digital News Meanings
It’s finally here – our episode on methods! Bonnie Brennen, Editor-in-Chief of Journalism Practice and Professor Emerita at in the Diederich College of Communication at Marquette University in the U.S., discusses her newly updated book ...
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Season 3
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Episode 8
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36:07