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When I started this podcast nine years ago, I assumed at some point I would interview Greg Bledsoe. At the time he was the reigning two-time NPPA national Solo Video Journalist of the Year. He was one of the most talented photojournalists in th
Last spring, when so many of us were frightened and nervous at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, when the world of journalism and the world as a whole felt chaotic and upended, Reshma Kirpalani leaned in. She cold-emailed a hospital group in
I've done 83 episodes of the Telling the Story podcast and, in the process, interviewed nearly as many talented storytellers and journalists.Episode 84 is different.This time, I interviewed someone on the other side of the camera - someone wh
On his first day covering Twin Cities protests after the death of George Floyd, photographer Ed Ou briefly became the news.Ou says he was set up with a group of journalists as curfew hit. He says state troopers fired tear gas, rubber bullets,
Quick confession: I honestly don't remember when I first heard about Lynsey Weatherspoon.It might have been last spring, when one of her photos of the George Floyd protests in Atlanta went viral. It might have been in the fall, when she popped
After conducting this interview - and then listening back to it - I felt fired up to go out and tell a story.I wanted to pick up my camera, put on an N95, get in my car, and do something great.That's the result of 45 minutes chatting with Tom
There’s a line I sometimes recite when I feel I’ve reached a professional roadblock.It’s a punchline from an eighth-season episode of Seinfeld, where George Costanza is trying to spin his meager life triumphs amid countless failures into a gra
The "origin story" is a superhero movie staple: how one everyday individual discovered extraordinary powers and realized her or his destiny of defending the city, country, world, or galaxy.In the journalism world, Tiffany Liou has one of the m
The first time I met Neima Abdulahi, it was her first week at our station, WXIA-TV in Atlanta, and I was asked if she could shadow me for a day.But I quickly learned: Abdulahi is nobody's shadow.She grew up in Atlanta and returned professiona
I think many of us are reckoning with our roles as journalists - and questioning some of the supposed set-in-stone practices of the profession.We're thinking more about representation, and we're examining where we fall short as both individual
For five months, the Telling the Story podcast has been delayed by current events - both external in the world (COVID-19) and internal in my life (the arrival of my second daughter!).But it returns now - and with an all-star guest.Chris Hanse
Best Documentary. Best National Feature Documentary. Best Minnesota Made Documentary. Audience Award. Audience Choice. Best Production Design. Best Director.Film festivals nationwide last year piled accolades on "Love Them First: Lessons From
The most powerful 60 minutes I watched last year came from two storytellers at their best.John Sharify has won umpteen awards through a reporting career that has spanned decades. Joseph Huerta is assembling an equally impressive resume as a ph
Most of my guests on this podcast are in local news, because most of my audience are reporters, photojournalists, and solo video journalists in local news.But I was reminded again watching the winners of this year's National Edward R. Murrow a
I think very hard about who to ask as my guest on the Telling the Story podcast, but in recent years I've developed a clear litmus test:Has this person found a passion within this profession?Look through my past few interviews, and you'll fin
If only Sam Raimi were on social media.Then perhaps the acclaimed director of The Evil Dead, A Simple Plan, and the Tobey Maguire Spider-Man series would learn of how one of his earliest movies influenced one of today's most talented journalis
I began to nice it sometime in the last few years. New reporters or interns would arrive at WXIA-TV in Atlanta, meet me, and ask how long I'd been with the station."I'm going on nine years."Eyes would widen, followed by a six-letter word that
If you've read this blog regularly in the past year, you probably already know:I love being a dad.We welcomed our daughter nearly nine months ago, and my life has been permanently transformed. So has the desire to balance my time at home with
The following podcast episode made me uncomfortable.I communicate for a living, and my trade is words. I stare frequently at blank cursors on my computer screen because I haven't found the exact word to properly convey an adjective, identifier
"See the invisible."Adrienne Broaddus used this phrase early during our interview, and I instantly got it and loved it. She was discussing her approach to covering Hurricane Florence, which she did for a sister station in the Carolinas instead
Since I began telling people my wife was expecting our first child, I received a familiar piece of advice from acquaintances and colleagues:"Welp, say goodbye to the next 20 years!"The implication, of course, is that my priorities will take a
One good National Murrow winner deserves another.On my last Telling the Story podcast, I interviewed WTVF-TV's Catherine Steward, who won a Large Market TV station National Edward R. Murrow award for Excellence in Sound. She gave an invaluable
I rarely ask a Telling the Story podcast guest to come back for a second episode. I like to spread the audio wealth and interview as many storytellers and journalists as possible to provide a full spectrum of perspectives for my audience.But w
A few nights ago, I sat in my living room at 3 AM, feeding my daughter while contemplating my first Father’s Day as a dad, when one single moment crystallized my entire fatherly experience:My baby spit milk into my mouth.I couldn’t have plann
The greatest influence on my work last year came from outside my industry.I am a broadcast journalist who's been in the business 15 years, and in 2017 I spoke at six workshops, went to several awards ceremonies, and participated in four compan
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