Wall Street Journal assistant editor Paul Beckett joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what is known about Gershkovich’s condition in prison, the efforts to free him, and what journalism looks like in Putin’s Russia now.
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Journalists of color carry extra burden
James E. Causey, Ideas Lab reporter, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the hate mail he’s gotten through the years, why he initially hid his pain from his readers and colleagues, and why he feels it’s time to confront hate head on.
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She did time, now she reports on the prison system
After two years in prison for drug charges, Keri Blakinger became a reporter. She discusses her story of drug addiction, incarceration, and the stories she now hopes to tell to shine a light on lives lived behind bars.
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How bad ideas spread
We’ll be joined by a journalist who writes about the changing media landscape, a linguist who explains how cults use very specific language to recruit new members, and a researcher who says bad ideas are parasites that infect our brains.
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Scott Pelley’s Search For Meaning
Scott Pelley joins us to talk about what he’s learned from everyone firefighters to soldiers to sitting presidents spanning four decades.
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What Journalism Does For The Arts
Host Krys Boyd talks with a panel of critics, artists and journalism teachers about the relationship between an arts community and the media and how it’s changed in an era of consolidation and social media.
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Robert Siegel On Four Decades At NPR
Robert Siegel joins us to talk about how he helped to elevate NPR from a fledgling network into a major media organization.
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The Future of Journalism
Dallas Morning News editor Mike Wilson and Al Día editor Alfredo Carbajal join us for a conversation about the state of journalism.
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Breaking the News
This hour, we’ll talk about the evolution of reporting breaking news stories with NPR Texas correspondent Wade Goodwyn and John McCaa of WFAA.
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News And Trust
One of the pillars of a democracy is an informed public. But what happens when the news media lets the public down?
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Reporting From The Trenches
What drives journalists to leave their families and risk their lives to tell the stories of war? NPR’s Kelly McEvers, who worked for NPR as a correspondent in the Middle East during one of the deadliest years on record for journalists, wanted to know.
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