Off Deadline

About Off Deadline

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 you've ever wondered what it really takes to be a storyteller in our chaotic world, Off Deadline delivers the raw, unfiltered truth behind journalism's most compelling voices. Watch on YouTube and listen wherever you get your podcasts!

Publisher

Melissa DiGianfilippo, Proof Publicity

Category

business · news · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Jun 2025

Latest episode

6 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

38 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   6 Oct 2026

   Jeremy Duda of Axios Phoenix on 150 Boxes of Don Bolles Files, Rural Sports & Bizarre Politicians

   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 attorney general case files to write the definitive book on the Don Bolles assassination. Jeremy Duda did it with a full time job, and had two kids along the way. Jeremy is a reporter at Axios Phoenix, the first hire when the morning newsletter launched in June 2022. Most of hi...

2. 

   29 Sept 2026

   Hailey Frances of STN on the Station Sale That Flipped Her Life, Red Carpets & Chris Kattan

   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 we doing here? Years later she was leading content at Phoenix's CW station, had just told her husband to go chase his pilot's license while she carried the family, and then the station was sold. Hailey is an Arizona native and Cronkite School graduate with more than 15 years in ...

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   22 Sept 2026

   Bahar Anooshahr, Arizona Republic Restaurant Critic, on Quitting Oral Surgery & Never Eating Free

   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 done being a surgeon. Today Bahar Anooshahr is the restaurant critic for The Arizona Republic, and the first thing with her new title printed on it is her proof of how far that decision carried her. Born in Iran, Bahar followed the path her family expected and became an oral an...

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5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

3 ratings

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