Listen each week as Dr. Gretchen Hoak, former TV journalist, researcher, and professor, talks with other researchers, working journalists, and newsroom managers about mental health, newsroom culture, and journalist wellbeing. This podcast connects the real world with what academic research shows about life as a journalist and the toll the stress can take. From local journalist to national correspondent, we talk about the consequences of covering the trauma that makes the headlines and leads the newscasts. If you want to join the conversation and learn about how we can use research to make the news industry better and keep good journalists in the field where we need them, then this podcast is for you. Follow us on Instagram @informedreportingpodcast, or email us at informedreportingpodcast@gmail.com .
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Signup to Generate a PitchListen each week as Dr. Gretchen Hoak, former TV journalist, researcher, and professor, talks with other researchers, working journalists, and newsroom managers about mental health, newsroom culture, and journalist wellbeing. This podcast connects the real world with what academic research shows about life as a journalist and the toll the stress can take.
Recent episodes include ""Pioneering Journalism & Mental Health Research" with Dr. Anthony Feinstein" (27 October 2026, 50 minutes), "25 years later - Kent State Professors Reflect on 9/11" (20 October 2026, 21 minutes), and ""Looking Forward from 9/11" with Photojournalist David Handschuh" (13 October 2026, 44 minutes).
Informed Reporting publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 50 minutes across 21 episodes.
Booking probability for Informed Reporting is 30%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Informed Reporting requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Informed Reporting's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Informed Reporting are News, Magazine & Book Publishing. Informed Reporting has an education audience.
Informed Reporting is an education podcast with 21 episodes published.
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Description: On this episode of Informed Reporting, I talk with Dr. Anthony Feinstein, professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Dr. Feinstein is the most well-known and most often cited researcher in...
Episode #3
Description: In the last of 3 episodes focusing on 9/11 for the 25th anniversary, former journalist Anna Huntsman interviews 3 Kent State University journalism faculty who were working in local news that day when the...
Episode #2
Description: In the second of 3 episodes marking the 25th anniversary of 9/11, I talk with photojournalist David Handschuh. David was at the Twin Towers that day and captured a Pulitzer-nominated photo of the second...
Episode #17
Description: In Australia, it’s summer as Christmas and New Years approach, which means everyone is on holiday at a time when disaster is most likely to strike. In this episode, Dr. Sharon Smith talks about her article...
Episode #16
Description: Sam Ragland from the American Press Institute is about as passionate as you can get about keeping journalists healthy. In this episode, we talk about her own journey with trauma and burnout and how it...
Episode #15
Description Journalism can sometimes be a difficult job, but what makes it difficult can differ widely depending on who you are. On this episode, I talk with Dr. Kris Vera-Phillips about her recently published article...
Episode #14
Description: Legendary local meteorologist James Spann knows what it’s like to bear the responsibility of keeping people safe during severe weather. For nearly half a century, he’s been forecasting in one of the...
Episode #13
Description: Journalists are passionate, and even during big and stressful moments, they put the story first. But that can lead to mental and emotional strain including burnout. That’s why Carolyn Fox has made it her...
Episode #12
<p><b>Description</b></p><p>It was April in Northern Ireland when journalist Lyra McKee was shot and killed during a riot in 2019. Fellow journalist Leona O’Neill not only witnessed the murder, but in the year and a...
Episode #11
<p><b>Description: <br /></b>In this delightful conversation with Joe Hight, we explore his 50 years in newspaper journalism through the lens of trauma. Joe discusses a holistic approach to looking at trauma from the...
Informed Reporting
<p><b>Description</b><br />Former journalist and doctoral student Indri Maulidar talks about her study of journalists who covered the 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami and the effects of anniversary coverage on their mental...
Informed Reporting
<p>Description:</p><p>On this episode, I team up with Dr. Mimi Perreault from the University of South Florida to talk all things disaster reporting. We dig into the vital role journalists play before, during and after...
Episode #8
<p><b>Description</b></p><p>It’s never easy starting out in your first job as a reporter, but trying doing it right as a historic pandemic takes hold of the country. Follow that up with two police-involved fatal...
Episode #7
<p><b>Description</b></p><p>In this episode, Dr. Denetra Walker breaks down the findings of her study, “’I saw a modern-day lynching’ – Black Journalists’ experiences of trauma #reportingwhileblack,” which was published...
Episode #6
<p>Description <br />Jesus Ayala was an award-winning TV news producer with ABC News before becoming a broadcast journalism professor (where he continues to win awards). In this episode, he speaks candidly about his...
Episode #5
<p>In this episode of Informed Reporting, Dr. Lisa Krantz discusses her transition from an award-winning career in journalism to academia, focusing on the intersection of journalism and trauma. She shares her...
Episode #4
<p><b>Description:</b></p><p>In this candid conversation, Meteorologist and Journalist Stephanie Weaver talks about her successes and challenges in her career, balancing work and home as a mom, covering the LA wildfires...
Episode #3
<p><b>Description</b></p><p>Dr. Kari James is an accomplished clinician, researcher, educator and advocate for resilience after trauma. In this fascinating conversation, we dig into her main area of research – moral...
Episode #2
<p><b>Description</b></p><p>Charlie Scudder is an award-winning journalist from Dallas, Texas. He’s covered many tragedies including the 2016 Dallas police shootings, the 2019 shooting spree in Midland-Odessa, and the...
Episode #1
<p><b>Description</b></p><p>In this inaugural episode of the “Informed Reporting” podcast, Drs. Gretchen Hoak and Adrienne Garvey explore the often-overlooked issue of trauma in journalism, discussing personal...
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Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Quaker Abolitionist, Human & Tribal Rights Advocate, California Department of Insurance
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University of South Florida
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