IJNotes: An IJNet podcast
Maybe you've read the final story, but have you ever wondered what the reporters did behind the scenes? We sit down with journalists from around the world to shine a light on the projects and initiatives they're involved with, new technologies and skills they may be utilizing, and challenges they’ve both confronted in the past, and continue to navigate today. Tune in to IJNotes, the premiere podcast from the International Journalists' Network (IJNet), a project of the International Center for Journalists.
Episodes
25 episodes
Student Journalism 101: How to use public records to strengthen your reporting
For the second IJNotes episode of our series on student journalism, we spoke with David Cuillier, director of The Freedom of Information Project...
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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24:05
Student Journalism 101: Early career advice for student journalists
Amid the ever-evolving state of technology, regular mass layoffs, and the collapse of local news, student journalists can struggle to figure out what steps they need to take to enter and succeed in the industry once they graduate. I...
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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32:52
Reporting on Reproductive Health, Part 6: Covering reproductive rights as a democracy issue
Reproductive health access has become a major issue in U.S. elections in the nearly two years since Roe v. Wade was overturned. A series of elections and ballot initiatives in which reproductive rights have been at stake have driven...
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Season 3
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Episode 6
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26:00
Reporting on Reproductive Health, Part 5: The path to decriminalizing abortion in Brazil
In Latin America, legislation and debates around reproductive rights are moving in different directions. Abortion has been banned in Nicaragua a...
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Season 3
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Episode 5
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28:18
Reporting on Reproductive Health, Part 4: India's limited abortion landscape
In India, as in many other countries, abortion is a divisive social and political issue. Although it is legal to get an abortion in India, there are many...
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Season 3
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Episode 4
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17:29
Reporting on Reproductive Health, Part 3: Covering reproductive rights in Ireland
For our latest podcast on reporting on reproductive health, Sofia Heartney with the ICFJ communications team spoke with
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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25:20
Reporting on Reproductive Health, Part 2: Combating disinformation on abortion
Mis- and disinformation surrounding reproductive health is not new. But since the overturning of Roe v. Wade in the U.S. in June 2022, the consequences of the vast amounts of false information seeking to affect the reproductive choices of milli...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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22:47
Reporting on Reproductive Health, Part 1: Local reporting on reproductive rights
Our new IJNotes podcast series will dive into reproductive health, how journalists globally are reporting on this highly personal and political issue, and the ways in which reporters can accurately and ethically cover the many related topics. T...
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Season 3
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Episode 1
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27:31
Environmental Journalism, Part 6: Managing threats to environmental journalists
In early June, environmental journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira went missing in the Amazon while reporting on Indigen...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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27:35
Environmental Journalism, Part 5: Reporting on environmental crime
Environmental crime, also known as eco-crime, is any form of illegal activity — organized or otherwise — that has a direct and negative effect on the natural world.
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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21:44
Environmental Journalism, Part 4: Global crisis, local perspectives
No two communities will experience the effects of climate change in the same way. As the climate crisis worsens, the need for comprehensive, educational and sometimes life-saving news coverage increases. While national and internati...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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15:06
Environmental Journalism, Part 3: Covering major climate events
Extreme weather events and natural disasters have ravaged many communities around the globe, and their devastating consequences seem only to be intensifying. This past year alone, the world witnessed record droughts in the U.S. and Latin Americ...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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17:26
Environmental Journalism, Part 2: The keys to environmental justice reporting
The climate crisis doesn’t affect everyone equally. As more journalists report on environmental issues, it’s critical that they ...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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15:38
Environmental Journalism, Part 1: Are we all climate reporters now?
Today, from flooding and wildfires, to droughts, heat waves and hurricanes of increasing intensity and frequency, we’re experiencing these repercussions, and experts agree they’ll
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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21:18
Mental health and journalism, Part 6: A conversation with Mar Cabra
You may have heard about the groundbreaking Panama Papers investigation, which exposed how some of the most rich and powerful people around the world used offshore tax havens to conceal their wealth.Former journalist
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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26:38
Mental health and journalism, Part 5: A conversation with Hannah Storm
This summer, accomplished journalist and media consultant Hannah Storm published a personal story about he...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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39:31
Mental health and journalism, Part 4: A conversation with Dr. Allissa Richardson
This episode is the fourth in our series on mental health and journalism.Coverage of the anti-police brutality and Black Lives Matter protests that erupted around the world following the murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery a...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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30:29
Mental health and journalism, Part 3: A conversation with Jesús Mesa
This episode is the third episode in our series on mental health and journalism.More than 5 million Venezuelans have fled their country in recent years. They’ve done ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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20:01
Mental health and journalism, Part 2: A conversation with Dean Yates
This is the second episode in our series about journalism and mental health. In this episode, we interview Dean Yates, a longtime journalist whose struggle with post-traumatic stre...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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30:03
Mental health and journalism, Part 1: A conversation with Anna Mortimer
This episode is the first in a series on mental health and journalism.From crime scenes and road accidents to natural disasters and wars, journalists often report on the frontlines of the world’s most challenging events. Today,...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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18:32
COVID-19 and press freedom: A conversation with Prof. David Kaye and Dr. Courtney Radsch
The COVID-19 pandemic threatens more than our health, but also our freedoms.Threats to press freedom are cropping up all over the world, taking the form of physical and political attacks on journalists, the criminalization of journalist...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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29:57
Under threat: A conversation with Paolo Borrometi
Journalists are tasked with telling the truth, but sometimes it comes with a cost. Paolo Borrometi, a Sicilian investigative jou...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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21:26
Beyond the border: A conversation with Maya Srikrishnan
In episode three of IJNotes, we interview Maya Srikrishnan, an immigration reporter for Voice of San Diego. Srikrishnan is one of the Internationa...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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15:13