The Journalism Salute

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Aryana Noroozi, a photojournalist working with The GroundTruth Project and Pulitzer Center on impactful community reporting.

Aryana talked about her career pa…

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Sean Lahman, Watchdog Reporter for The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle.

Sean talked about his career path - from working on baseball databases and sports encycl…

NOTE: We're going to an every-other-week schedule in June and July, so check out one of our first episodes ...

This originally aired in August 2020 (hence the references to the Trump Administration).

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On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon is joined by Mona Holmes of Eater LA.

Mona talked about her career path and the entrepreneurial ventures she tried before deciding that food journ…

NOTE:

Taking the week off, so thought I'd dial it back to the very beginning - August 2020- with Episode 1a (I did 2 episodes to start- we'll call them both 1a).

This one is one of my favorites because…

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Carol Robidoux, the founder and publisher of the Manchester Ink Link, a news website serving Manchester, New Hampshire and its surrounding community.

Carol tal…

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by 40-year copy editor and World War II oral historian Aaron Elson.

Aaron talked about his long career in newspapers, emphasizing his role as a counselor of wayw…

On this episode, Mark Simon talked to Steve Novotney, a 30-year journalism veteran who co-founded Lede News to cover the Upper Ohio Valley in West Virginia.

Steve talked about his background in baseba…

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 wo…

In this episode, Emmy Liederman is joined by two other student journalists, Hadriana Lowenkron and J.D. Duggan. Hadriana is the editor-in-chief of The Daily Pennsylvanian and J.D. is the city editor …

In this episode, Emmy Liederman is joined by multilingual journalist and author Fernanda Santos. Santos was the first Brazilian to work as a staff writer at The New York Times, where covered the Amer…

On this episode of The Journalism Salute, Mark Simon and Emmy Liederman were joined by Graham Lee Brewer, a newly-hired enterprise reporter for NBC News Digital, a former reporter and editor for High…

On today’s episode, Mark and Emmy are joined by Dr. Ed Madison, a professor at the University of Oregon and the co-founder of The Journalistic Learning Initiative, a program aimed at getting students…

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Ben Chase, a reporter for The Huron Daily Plainsman in Huron, South Dakota (population 13,000). Ben took an interesting path to his position, having previousl…

On this episode, Mark Simon and Emmy Liederman are joined by Iliana Limón Romero and Ashley Colley, the chair of the board and president of The Association for Women in Sports Media (AWSM – pronounce…

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Barbara Crossette, senior consulting editor and writer for PassBlue, a non-profit journalism organization that covers the United Nations. Barbara is a former …

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by publisher Donna Ladd and senior reporter Ashton Pittman of the Mississippi Free Press, a non-profit media outlet that has published a considerable amount of i…

On this episode, Mark Simon talked to Khushbu Shah, the editor-in-chief of The Fuller Project.

Khushbu talked about The Fuller Project’s groundbreaking reporting on women around the world. She shared …

On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Dr. Hannah Brown and Anna Hamilton of The Marjorie.

The Marjorie is a woman-owned reporting non-profit covering women and the environment in Florida.

Hannah and…

In this episode, Mark Simon is joined by 3 college students formerly from Kirkwood (Mo.) High School: Emma Lingo, Maddie Meyers, and Kiden-Aloyse Smith to talk about a project they did for their high…