Nikki Usher, associate professor of journalism at George Washington University and the University of Illinois, joins JAMH to share some of what she's learned from years of interviewing journalists and studying their industry. She also discusses the "three sins" that she fears national media will continue to commit in 2019, based on her recent article for Nieman Lab. We talk about: the different frustrations audiences have with national versus local media; "horse race" coverage of political campaigns; journalists making the mistake of making the story about themselves; the fallacy that facts alone can change people's minds; the fact-checking trend in journalism; "day-to-day systemic outrage" in modern journalism; "the objectivity police" and "the view from nowhere"; objectivity as a method versus a philosophy; what happens when journalists legitimize fringe groups; how coverage of mass shootings has changed for the better; how journalists should approach 2020 campaign coverage; the need for more diversity in newsrooms; the "place-based realignment" in journalism; and how digital scale is shifting power in media away from local newsrooms.