Humanity in Journalism is a podcast featuring reflective conversations with journalists about reporting choices and their subjects including the human impacts beyond publication.
Humanity in Journalism is a podcast dedicated to exploring how reporting choices affect real people.
Through conversations with journalists, editors, and media professionals, we examine the philosophies, pressures, and decisions that shape modern journalism - and the human consequences that follow when stories enter the public sphere.
Boots on the Ground: Reinventing Investigative Journalism as a Job
We sit down with Kayla Dones, an investigative field reporter and founder of The Protagonist - a company that works with nonprofits and corporate clients to uncover valuable information as it happens in real time. Through Humant, the human intelligence side of the operation, Kayla and her team go into the field rather than relying solely on desk work. Her own path began about 11 years ago with an online course, Change Media University, created by journalist Luke Rakowski to teach people how to become citizen journalists. From there she worked her way up to lead investigative journalist for James O’Keefe at Project Veritas, running multi-state investigations during the border crisis across California, Arizona, Texas, and New York - work later featured in a film now on the Tucker Carlson Network. Today, we’re talking about what it looks like to build investigative journalism as a business outside the traditional newsroom: how the work gets done, how ethics and verification hold up under pressure, what AI is changing, and what it means for the next generation of reporters.
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19 Oct 2026
The Code We Live By: Rebuilding Trust Through Ethics
In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Dan Axelrod, Chair of the Society of Professional Journalists’ (SPJ) Ethics Committee and co-chairman of its Code revision subcommittee.
Dan spent a decade as a full-time journalist — including as Gannett’s syndicated New York business reporter — earning 15 journalism awards for in-depth and investigative reporting before moving into nearly a decade of media consulting and strategic communications, and teaching media ethics, journalism, and strategic communications at the college level.
Today, we’re talking about ethics — why it matters, how the SPJ Code of Ethics is evolving, and what role a shared code plays in efforts like the Media Integrity Project and the ReporterLens tool. It’s a conversation about accountability, trust, and what journalism owes the people it covers and the public it serves.
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30 Sept 2026
Debanked: How Coverage Becomes Consequence - with Nick Anthony
In this episode, we sit down with Nick Anthony, a policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and a fellow at the Human Rights Foundation. Nick has spent his career studying the intersection of money, privacy, and government power - and in this conversation, he breaks down one of the least understood financial risks facing ordinary people today: debanking. From how the process actually works behind the scenes, to the government tools that make it possible, to what individuals can do to protect themselves, Nick offers a clear-eyed look at a system most people don’t realize they’re exposed to until it’s too late.Humanity in Journalism is the storytelling arm of The Media Integrity Project, an initiative focused on media ethics, public education, and the human impact of journalism. Each episode features candid conversations with journalists, editors, experts, and story subjects about the craft, the consequences, and the human side of the news.
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14 Sept 2026
The Frame That Sticks: How Editors Shape What You Believe - with Danny Klein
In this episode, we sit down with Danny Klein, VP Editorial Director of WTWH Media’s Food, Retail & Hospitality brands - the names behind QSR, FSR, CStore Decisions, PMQ, and Club + Resort magazines. Danny has spent a decade shaping how some of the most influential trade stories in the restaurant and hospitality industry get told. Today, we’re talking about framing - the editorial decisions that determine not just what gets covered, but how it lands, and what gets left out. It’s a conversation about craft, accountability, and what it really means to present information fairly in a fast-moving trade media environment.Humanity in Journalism is the storytelling arm of The Media Integrity Project, an initiative focused on media ethics, public education, and the human impact of journalism. Each episode features candid conversations with journalists, editors, experts, and story subjects about the craft, the consequences, and the human side of the news.
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14 Sept 2026
The Story Behind Humanity in Journalism - with Jessica Wiederhorn
Welcome to Humanity in Journalism - a podcast about the people behind the headlines and the human cost of the stories they tell.In this special launch episode, host Jessica Wiederhorn shares the story behind the show: why she created Humanity in Journalism, what led her here, and what she hopes this podcast can become. It's a candid look at the philosophy driving this project - a belief that journalism should be as compassionate as it is accurate, and that the choices reporters make ripple far beyond the byline.Humanity in Journalism is the storytelling arm of The Media Integrity Project, an initiative focused on media ethics, public education, and the human impact of journalism. Each episode features candid conversations with journalists, editors, experts, and story subjects about the craft, the consequences, and the human side of the news.Subscribe for new episodes exploring where reporting meets reflection.
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