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Off Deadline goes beyond the headlines to reveal what really happens when the cameras stop rolling and the deadlines pass. Host Melissa DiGianfilippo, Founder and CEO of Proof Publicity, creates a rare safe space where top journalists drop their professional guard to share the moments that changed everything—the ethical crossroads that kept them awake, the sources that most surprised them, the stories that broke them, and the victories no one will ever write about. From the hilarious disasters to the heart-stopping close calls, veteran journalists share the wild, unforgettable moments that never made it into their reporting. These are the behind-the-scenes confessions, the career-defining chaos, and the human moments that remind us why journalism is equal parts calling and complete madness. This isn't about breaking news—it's about the people who lived through the craziest moments while chasing the story, and the experiences they'll never forget. If
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Off Deadline is hosted by Melissa DiGianfilippo, Proof Publicity. The show has published 38 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Jeremy Duda of Axios Phoenix on 150 Boxes of Don Bolles Files, Rural Sports & Bizarre Politicians" (6 October 2026, 26 minutes), "Hailey Frances of STN on the Station Sale That Flipped Her Life, Red Carpets & Chris Kattan" (29 September 2026, 28 minutes), and "Bahar Anooshahr, Arizona Republic Restaurant Critic, on Quitting Oral Surgery & Never Eating Free" (22 September 2026, 26 minutes).
Off Deadline publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 28 minutes across 38 episodes.
Booking probability for Off Deadline is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Off Deadline requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Off Deadline's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for Off Deadline are News, Magazine & Book Publishing and Photography, Polling & Other Services. Off Deadline has a society audience and around 300 subscribers on YouTube.
Melissa DiGianfilippo, Proof Publicity hosts Off Deadline, a society podcast with 38 episodes published.
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Episode #13
Send us Fan Mail A printout of an email from April 2014 with a few case numbers jotted in the margin, stuck in a drawer and forgotten. That was the first step in a ten year journey through roughly 150 banker's boxes of...
Episode #12
Send us Fan Mail She was standing alone at a pond with her camera gear, a police helicopter overhead, waiting on a shooter who was moving from house to house. That was the moment Hailey Frances asked herself, what are...
Episode #11
Send us Fan Mail She used to sit in her car after work in tears and could not explain why, because there is no crying in oral surgery. A wellness retreat in Baja California gave her the answer she did not want: she was...
Episode #10
Send us Fan Mail He keeps every thank-you note a reader has ever mailed him, because journalists mostly hear the other kind of feedback. Patrick O'Grady has spent 30 years in Valley journalism, from the X-Acto knife and...
Episode #9
Send us Fan Mail Sheriff Joe Arpaio spent years telling people he was at her wedding. He was not. Amy Silverman covered him too long and too well for that rumor to survive, and it is not even the strangest story in this...
Episode #8
Send us Fan Mail She was furloughed for three months during Covid, started throwing videos at TikTok for fun, and Arizona Places happened by accident. Six years later she is full time, and the advice she gives anyone...
Episode #7
Send us Fan Mail A doctor told him at twelve that if he treated Crohn's disease like a death sentence, it would become one. Twenty years later Joe Huizenga lost 100 pounds during Covid and ran a marathon almost entirely...
Episode #6
Send us Fan Mail Kyle Unfug blew off radio. She took the internship to get it out of the way, decided radio was the worst, and planned to go do television instead. Twenty-five years later she is still there, and she has...
Episode #5
Send us Fan Mail The guard walked out and closed the door. Paul Maryniak was left sitting across a table from a 28-year-old on trial for his fifth homicide, no handcuffs, close enough to touch. He listened the whole...
Episode #4
She was out running errands when her phone would not stop ringing. Stephanie Innes pulled her car to the side of the road in Tucson and learned that Gabby Giffords, someone she had written about and used to see around...
Episode #3
Their parents thought they were drug dealers. Their first paid post was $100, and they celebrated with wings. Ten years later, David Vicente and his brother have turned Welcome to Arizona into one of the state's biggest...
Episode #2
Chelsey Hauston built one of Arizona's most trusted food platforms out of a pet pig fan page and a breakup. Seven years later, she's the creator behind Let Them Eat This, with 336,000 followers on Instagram and 300,000...
Episode #1
She almost didn't answer the call. An unknown number, a voicemail from a Women's Wear Daily reporter, and one bold follow-up question turned into a summer internship in LA. That's the moment Christina Silvestri says...
Episode #12
<p>In this episode of Off Deadline, Melissa DiGianfilippo of Proof Publicity sits down with <b>Kaley O'Kelley of ABC 15 in Phoenix</b>, a broadcast journalist whose career has been shaped by both extraordinary...
Episode #11
<p>In this episode of Off Deadline, host <b>Melissa DiGianfilippo</b> sits down with <b>Paul Thompson</b>, Managing Editor of the <b>Phoenix Business Journal</b>, for an honest conversation about journalism, leadership...
Episode #10
<p>In this episode of Off Deadline, host <b>Melissa DiGianfilippo</b> sits down with <b>Cynthia Sassi</b><b>, </b>founder and publisher of <b>Fabulous Arizona</b>, the digital lifestyle publication spotlighting the...
Episode #9
<p>In this episode of Off Deadline, host Melissa DiGianfilippo sits down with Michelle Glicksman, a 26-year media veteran and editor in chief behind multiple Arizona publications, including Scottsdale City Lifestyle and...
Episode #8
<p>Catherine Anaya is a three-time Emmy Award winning journalist, longtime Phoenix news anchor, and the host of Horizonte on Arizona PBS. With more than 35 years in broadcast journalism, she has interviewed world...
Episode #7
<p>In this episode of Off Deadline, host <b>Melissa DiGianfilippo</b> sits down with Karen Dalessandro, a multi-award-winning broadcaster whose career spans more than four decades across Detroit, Chicago, Milwaukee and...
Episode #6
<p>In this episode of Off Deadline, host <b>Melissa DiGianfilippo (</b><b>@melissadflip</b><b>)</b> sits down with <b>@javiersototv</b><b> </b>to explore the personal and professional moments that shaped his career as...
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