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Hosted by Patrick R. Johnson · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 60 episodes
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Welcome to Ink and Airwaves, where the timeless craft of journalism meets the dynamic energy of podcasting. Each season, we explore the world of storytelling, news creation, and the evolving media landscape through the lens of news literacy. Hosted by students, this podcast dives deep into the principles that define journalism—from the ethics that guide it to the challenges it faces in a rapidly changing world.Join us as we uncover untold stories, examine the forces shaping our media diets, and reflect on what it means to be news-literate. Whether you're a news junkie, a curious listener, or just someone who wants to think more critically about the news you consume, Ink and Airwaves invites you to question, explore, and discover the power of a well-told story.
Patrick R. Johnson hosts Ink and Airwaves, a news show with 60 episodes published.
In this reflection episode, the team steps back from reporting and compares notes on what changed in their own news habits after analyzing Spectrum News 1 Milwaukee. They talk through where local news fits into their day
This episode traces how Spectrum News 1 Milwaukee moves audiences from platform to platform, and what that design implies for access to local information. Using only what is publicly visible, we follow one story's "audie
In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , the team compares how the same national policy pressure becomes two different stories depending on scale and audience. We break down Spectrum News 1 Milwaukee's reporting on FoodShare
In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , host Zoey Calvin takes listeners inside the day-to-day work of Aly Prouty, a Digital Media Producer at Spectrum News 1 serving Milwaukee and the wider Wisconsin audience. Through a pro
This episode of Ink & Airwaves maps the conditions shaping how Spectrum News operates in Milwaukee and what those conditions make possible, difficult, or unlikely. We introduce Spectrum News as a local outlet serving Mil
In this reflection episode of Ink & Airwaves , the team talks about how their relationship with local news has shifted after analyzing the Lexington Herald-Leader all season. They talk candidly about what it feels like t
In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , host Milana Satanovsky examines how the Lexington Herald-Leader circulates its journalism through the channels the public can see: the website, social media, and newsletters. The group
In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , host McKenna Kirchman and an analyst panel compare local and national coverage of the No Kings protests in October 2025. Using one Lexington Herald-Leader story published October 18 an
In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , host Bella Gruber talks with Kendall Staton about what it takes to do city and county reporting that actually serves people. Staton reflects on covering the Lexington metro area's mix
In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , host McKenna Kirchman maps the conditions that shape reporting at the Lexington Herald-Leader across Central and Eastern Kentucky. The team explains how ownership under McClatchy influ
In this reflection episode of Ink & Airwaves , the team looks back on what they learned while reporting on KXAN Austin and what it revealed about how local journalism actually reaches people. They discuss how studying co
n this episode of Ink & Airwaves , host Owen Parker and field reporters Ethan Roy and Jack Flaherty track how KXAN Austin reaches audiences across platforms, and where people may fall off along the way. Using only public
In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , Owen Parker and an analyst panel (Ethan Roy and Jack Flaherty) compare two stories about air traffic control disruptions during a government shutdown: a KXAN local report focused on mi
In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , hosts Owen Parker and Jack Flaherty go inside the work of Kate Winkle, Digital Director at KXAN Austin, to understand how digital journalism gets built and prioritized. The conversatio
In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , hosts Owen Parker and Jack Flaherty map the conditions that shape KXAN's journalism in Austin, Texas. The team introduces the community KXAN serves, then breaks down how ownership unde
In this reflection episode of Ink & Airwaves , the team looka back on what they learned while analyzing KXLY Spokane and how local news reaches people through platforms like Facebook, websites, newsletters, and video. Th
In this episode of Ink & Airwaves , host Anna examines how KXLY Spokane finds its audience, and where it may be losing viewers, by comparing what's most visible on Facebook with what the station leads with on KXLY.com. U
In this episode of Ink & Airwaves, we uncover how a major issue, the domestic violence crisis, changes depending on whether it is covered on a local or national level. Host Lily Wooten walks listeners through a KXLY Spok
This episode will focus on the day-to-day work of a local journalist at Spokane, Washington's 4 News Now. In a one-on-one conversation with News Director Melissa Luck, listeners will hear about her origins in journalism,
In this episode, we begin our series highlighting KXLY newsroom 4 News Now, located in Spokane, Washington. We give context to how this local source started out and how it continues it work of producing quality journalis
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Ink and Airwaves is hosted by Patrick R. Johnson. The show is categorised under news (commentary) and has published 60 episodes.
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