40 min
Caught in the Viral News Vortex With Larrison Campbell of Mississippi Today Journalists Are My Heroes
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Larrison Campbell is a political reporter whose coverage for nonprofit news org Mississippi Today has an emphasis on public health. Her summer, meanwhile, has had an emphasis on viral news. That's because a married male gubernatorial candidate in Mississippi denied her a ride-along to cover him on the campaign trail unless Campbell and her editor agreed to send a male reporter as chaperone; the candidate feared that political opponents might exploit images of the two of them together for attack ads. That sparked a firestorm of debate over gender equity, "the Billy Graham rule," the #metoo movement, and a host of other issues. But that's hardly the totality of Campbell as a journalist. She has had a long and varied career across the country--including a long stint working behind the scenes for daytime TV and Hollywood. She joined Mississippi Today in 2016, the week before its official launch. Her work with the statewide news nonprofit includes its own podcast, "The Other Side." Here we talk about everything from the gender politics of political coverage to nonprofit news to "As the World Turns." Spend a little time getting to know @thisislarrison, a working journalist providing real news for her local community.
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Larrison Campbell is a political reporter whose coverage for nonprofit news org Mississippi Today has an emphasis on public health. Her summer, meanwhile, has had an emphasis on viral news. That's because a married male gubernatorial candidate in Mississippi denied her a ride-along to cover him on the campaign trail unless Campbell and her editor agreed to send a male reporter as chaperone; the candidate feared that political opponents might exploit images of the two of them together for attack ads. That sparked a firestorm of debate over gender equity, "the Billy Graham rule," the #metoo movement, and a host of other issues. But that's hardly the totality of Campbell as a journalist. She has had a long and varied career across the country--including a long stint working behind the scenes for daytime TV and Hollywood. She joined Mississippi Today in 2016, the week before its official launch. Her work with the statewide news nonprofit includes its own podcast, "The Other Side." Here we talk about everything from the gender politics of political coverage to nonprofit news to "As the World Turns." Spend a little time getting to know @thisislarrison, a working journalist providing real news for her local community.
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Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/journalistsaremyheroes/support
40 min