Talks, articles, notes & other musings
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On the Knight Lab Professional Fellowship
AmyJo Brown, a veteran journalist passionate about supporting and reshaping local political journalism and who it engages, joined the Knight Lab as a 2022-2023 professional fellow.
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On local Pennsylvania campaign finance records
Provided the local perspective on how Pennsylvania’s campaign finance laws work in practice, as well as on accessing the data (spoiler: it’s hard) and tips for reporting on it. (Fall 2023. To watch: PNAF092123)
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On finding story ideas
Interviewed by Ian Demsky for his newsletter “The Name of the Dog,” which offers writing advice in journalism, science writing and communications. We talked about finding story ideas and how I teach the skill to students.
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On navigating a journalism career
Participated on a panel at NICAR 2023, discussing lessons learned about navigating a journalism career and offering advice to those looking for the next move. (IRE membership required to access.)
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On local journalism & collaboration
Interviewed by Kim Lyons, host of the Broadcast Podcast, on local journalism and collaboration, February 2020.
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Behind the scenes of a data project: A tutorial for the CMU Digital Humanities program
My contribution to the CMU Digital Humanities Literacy Guidebook: Building your own data set.
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Reflections: A eulogy for Julia, my first boss
After learning about the death of Julia Kotuba, the woman who hired me for my first job at the age of 16, I posted this eulogy originally on Facebook. (2019)
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A bit of feedback from students I've taught
Feedback from students who took the intro to journalism class I taught at Point Park University between 2017 and 2019.
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On alternative storytelling techniques
Participated in a discussion on The Confluence on 90.5 WESA on the future of journalism, August 2017.