The Journalism Salute

If you’re feeling skepticism about the media these days, this podcast will renew your faith. Mark Simon’s interviews with writers and reporters reveal the high standards, courage and devotion to accuracy that motivate many journalists to work like crazy in a relatively low-paying profession. Mark asks great questions and his guests open up in revealing ways. It’s inspiring to hear how journalists keep pushing past major obstacles so they can discover and share the truth.

In addition to providing ample substantiation for his podcast’s raison d’être - the desire to prove that journalism is not the enemy of the people- Mark Simon is creating an invaluable portrait of the contemporary journalism landscape. In many instances, these are the workaday journalists most of us never hear about- the small-town editors who keep family-owned papers alive; the young reporters striving against all kinds of odds to report fairly and honestly across our nation’s fault lines of race, gender, class, generation and geography; the educators and advocates laboring to preserve this crucial pillar of democratic civil society. Mark is a well-prep and unobtrusive interviewer who guides each conversation with a sure hand. I recommend this podcast to the casual listener who is curious about journalism as well as to practicing journalists, educators and scholars.

Just listened to the most recent podcast about Rolli…wow! Nick was such a great guest and the questions asked made the podcast feel like a story. I also learned tons of genuinely useful info about media, journalism, and production. 5 stars!

So happy to see someone praising journalism and journalists for the work they do. News literacy is so important these days. Bravo to Mark for championing this!!