Shop Talk is a podcast about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss coverage of recent big stories in American politics.

This will be the final Shop Talk program after 25 years and countless panelists who generously donated time to participate in the discussions. The program was designed in part to feature the insights of broadcasting and journalism professors at Western Illinois University, but those programs are undergoing severe cuts.

Thanks to those who’ve listened through the years!

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Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists talk about a student journalist who was arrested while covering a pro-Palestinian protest and occupation of the Stanford University president’s office. The student faces several felony charges.

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Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists talk about a bill passed by Illinois lawmakers that would prevent reporters and the public from using the Freedom of Information Act to learn how much money college athletes make from their NIL (Name, Image, Likeness) deals. 

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Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss recent reports that the new publisher of the Washington Post, Will Lewis, pushed his newsroom chief not to run stories about British court proceedings involving Lewis.

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Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss the Prison Mirror, which is a newspaper made by and for the people held at the Minnesota Correctional Facility – Stillwater.

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Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists debate whether it was ethical for a filmmaker to secretly record conversations with U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel Alito during a gala for the Supreme Court Historical Society.

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Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss the results of a survey of local news consumption habits in the Chicago area. The findings likely won’t surprise regular Shop Talk listeners.

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Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss reports that the Washington Post knew in 2021 about the upside-down American flag flying at U.S Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito’s house, but decided not to run the story. The New York Times ended up breaking the story last month.

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Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss a lawsuit filed by eight newspapers to stop tech companies from using copyrighted articles to train artificial intelligence chatbots.

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Shop Talk is a weekly discussion about journalism issues. This week, the panelists discuss concerns about reporter safety and whether colleges and universities should now be teaching their journalism students how to protect themselves while they’re in the field reporting.

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