Being an American right now is a wild ride. Every day brings a new controversy, breathless media narratives, and the same loud voices rushing in to score political points. Then another Truth Social post drops and the circus moves on. But all that noise is drowning out the actual story. On her new podcast Runaway Country, veteran journalist Alex Wagner talks to the voices at the center of the headlines: from the fringes of the resistance, to the marrow of MAGA, to the many people who’ve found ...
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In this week’s special episode, Alan and Lionel are grilled by Sheffield University’s third-year Broadcast Journalism students.
The pair are asked about using artificial intelligence in newsrooms, how to cover Gaza with fairness, and whether they think China is being underreported on.
They also discuss imposter syndrome in the media world, and how to report stories that people don’t want to hear (but also get them to pay for it).
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