The 5 Best Tricky Podcast Episodes
1) The Rise of Unions in Digital Media
Gawker unionized in 2015, setting off a wave of digital newsroom organizing, invigorated by layoffs and politics that leave journalists feeling embattled. Emily and Heather are joined by long-time lab...Show More
2) A Bonfire of Hot Takes
Emily + Heather consider what place opinion journalism has in public discourse today. With Jeet Heer (The New Republic) and Katie Kingsbury (New York Times) the two ask: Is intellectual diversity poss...Show More
3) And The (Tech) Beat Goes On
In the past few years, coverage of Silicon Valley in the press has shifted away from techno-utopian boosterism towards increasingly critical analysis. On this week's episode, we hear some advice from ...Show More
4) "Attentional Serfdom"
In the inaugural episode of Tricky, Emily Bell and Heather Chaplin look at perhaps the greatest challenge facing journalism today: the fight to capture your attention and speak with Natasha Schull, au...Show More
5) Don't read the comments
Heather and Emily talk to Sarah L. Roberts, the woman who coined the term “commercial content moderation,” about how elements of online discourse are governed by outsourced, low-paid workers. And they...Show More
6) Season Two Finale: Is This Thing On?
For our season two finale, Emily and Heather are joined by "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee" writer Mike Drucker to talk about all things comedy and journalism. How do the writing staffs at shows like ...Show More
7) 'The Digital Maginot Line' and the Future of Information Warfare
In "The Digital Maginot Line", Mozilla fellow and disinformation expert Renée DiResta argues that perpetrators of information warfare have shifted from "targeting infrastructure to targeting the minds...Show More
8) Print Is Dead! Long Live Print!
Printed newspapers have long been losing ground to new technologies, from the radio to the Internet. The good news, says journalism professor Iris Chyi, is that loyal subscribers have proven willing t...Show More
9) Can We Count on Audience Metrics?
How do we measure the reach and impact of online journalism? Does audience data belong in the newsroom? Though the meaning of audience metrics is often opaque, their effects on business and editorial ...Show More
10) Platforms & Publishers, Part 2: "We Damaged Our Souls"
Jezebel founding editor Anna Holmes joins Heather and Emily to talk about the glory days of blogs, the evolution of women's digital spaces, and what was lost when commenter culture moved to Facebook a...Show More