This week, Mark Simon and Emmy Liederman are joined by Kassidy Arena, a reporter for Iowa Public Radio and a product of the Report For America program.
Kassidy talked about her radio career and the work she does covering issues impacting Iowa’s growing Latino community. She also discussed her background as a journalist and how she didn’t think she would go into radio because she was hard of hearing, but was able to carve a path that led to her current position.
Kassidy also continued discussions we’ve had on previous episodes regarding building trust in your sources and reporting for people rather than at them. She also gave her thoughts on the value of the Report for America program and Iowa Public Radio, and paid tribute to a recently deceased colleague in the industry.
Mark and Emmy then discussed Kassidy’s interview. Mike Fabey provided this week’s tribute to Dr. Cole.
Thank you for listening. Please rate and review if you can. Stay safe and stay well.
Important Links
Kassidy’s story on Iowa’s English-only law
Carrington Tatum, Reporter - MLK50 Memphis
Journalism Documentary Filmmaker Don Colacino (Trusted Sources)
Ashleigh Fields, Editor-in-Chief of The Hilltop (Howard University)
Russell Midori: TV Field Producer, Co-Founder: Military Veterans In Journalism
April Alonso of the Award-Winning Cicero Independiente
Bradford William Davis, Investigative Writer, Insider (formerly NY Daily News)
Alex Coffey, Sports Enterprise Writer
Music Journalist: Ken Partridge on Writing A Book (Hell of a Hat)
David Cutler: Teacher & Executive Director of the Private School Journalism Association
César Rodríguez, Photojournalist - The GroundTruth Project
Farnoush Amiri of the Associated Press, Report for America
Adam Rhodes, Chicago Reader, NLGJA Chicago
Photojournalist Aryana Noroozi of The GroundTruth Project and Pulitzer Center
Sean Lahman on Data-Driven & Watchdog Reporting at The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle
REAIR: Allison Augustyn of InvestigateWest
Mona Holmes of Eater LA - Food Journalism is About People Too
REAIR: What is Dialogue Journalism? Eve Pearlman of Spaceship Media
Carol Robidoux: Manchester Ink Link & a Lesson in Entrepreneurial Journalism
Aaron Elson: On Copy Editing & World War II Oral History
Steve Novotney, Lede News (West Virginia)
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