My Principles of Journalism students were charged to create a podcast that focused on news literacy while critically engaging with journalism’s foundations and the journalism industry. The students created 60 episodes in the first year focused on 12 specialty or alternative presses. The podcast is now expanding to also have interviews with professionals about their work and the role of news literacy within it.
See below to listen to Ink and Airwaves, their incredible podcast.
Inside the work of Kate Winkle, KXAN's Digital Director – Ink and Airwaves
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 conversation focuses on process and judgment rather than biography, walking through what a digital director does day to day, how projects move from idea to execution, and how success is defined beyond simply "posting." Along the way, the episode surfaces the ethical tradeoffs of digital news, including speed versus accuracy, audience attention versus public value, and how feedback or pushback shapes what the newsroom chooses to produce.
Patrick R. Johnson, Ph.D., MJE 