Sword and Pen

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  • Emmy winning journalism professor, June Cross of Columbia University, talks about how journalism is a "calling."

    "Don't do it unless there is nothing else you could possible spend your life doing... because journalism is a calling and a commitment."
    -June Cross

    Welcome to Sword and Pen, a podcast about journalism, military veterans, and military veterans in journalism.  In this episode we welcome June Cross, a professor of journalism at Columbia University. Cross won 2 EMMY Awards, first in 1983 for her coverage of the U.S. Invasion of Grenada and again in 1997 for her documentary, "Secret Daughter." Over her career she has worked for Frontline, CBS News and the Boston Globe.

    Sword and Pen is a production of Military Veteran in Journalism, a professional association that builds community for vets, supports their career growth, and advocates for diversifying newsrooms through hiring and promoting more vets.

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    20 min
  • Dr. Mary Anne Taylor, a professor of rhetoric at Emerson College, talks about tropes and narratives.

    "I think the way people use something like PTSD to tell stories- they draw from tropes and those tropes make assumptions of how people experience PTSD that can be very positive to help shed light on something or can be very negative in that your spreading some assumptions as a generalization that not all people feel." - Dr. Mary Anne Taylor

    Welcome to Sword and Pen, a podcast about journalism, military veterans, and military veterans in journalism.  In this episode we welcome Dr. Mary Anne Taylor, a professor of Rhetoric at Emerson College’s School of Communication. Dr. Taylor’s academic focus is on how foundational rhetoric and dominant discourses intersect with gender, race and sexuality. She’s been published in the journal of Women and Language, American Behavioral Scientist, and written about gendered journalism in The New York Times. 

    Sword and Pen is a production of Military Veteran in Journalism, a professional association that builds community for vets, supports their career growth, and advocates for diversifying newsrooms through hiring and promoting more vets.

    Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr)

    43 min
  • Army veteran and Editorial Director of Growth for Quartz, Phoebe Gavin, talks about finding opportunity.

    “I knew I was ready to make a move but I wasn’t sure what that move should be, and this opportunity showed up for me because I had accidentally been preparing for it.”
    -Phoebe Gavin

    Welcome to Sword and Pen, a podcast about journalism, military veterans, and military veterans in journalism.  In this episode we welcome Phoebe Gavin, an Army veteran and the Editorial Director of Growth for Quartz. You also might recognize her from time spent at Think Progress and Upworthy.   

    Sword and Pen is a production of Military Veteran in Journalism, a professional association that builds community for vets, supports their career growth, and advocates for diversifying newsrooms through hiring and promoting more vets. 

    Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr)

    34 min
  • Marine veteran Paul Szoldra discusses journey from founding the satirical DuffelBlog to becoming the Editor-in-Chief of Task and Purpose.

    "Don't have a chip on your shoulder.  Don't get out of the military thinking that anybody owes you anything." - Paul Szoldra

    Welcome to Sword and Pen, a podcast about journalism, military veterans, and military veterans in journalism.  In this episode we welcome Paul Szoldra, a Marine Corps veteran and the Editor-in-Chief of Task and Purpose. You also might recognize him as the founder of the popular satire news website, Duffel Blog.  

    Sword and Pen is a production of Military Veteran in Journalism, a professional association that builds community for vets, supports their career growth, and advocates for diversifying newsrooms through hiring and promoting more vets. 

    Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr)

    35 min
  • CNN's Pentagon Correspondent, Barbara Starr, talks about perseverance.

    "If this is what you want to do, just keep pitching away and keep yourself in the arena." -Barbara Starr

    Welcome to Sword and Pen, a podcast about journalism, military veterans, and military veterans in journalism.  In this episode we welcome Barbara Starr, CNN's Pentagon Correspondent.  

    Sword and Pen is a production of Military Veteran in Journalism, a professional association that builds community for vets, supports their career growth, and advocates for diversifying newsrooms through hiring and promoting more vets. 

    Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr)

    16 min
  • Sebastian Junger talks about his career from writing The Perfect Storm to covering war via the Oscar-nominated Restrepo.

    "The wonderful thing about journalism is you don't need permission from anybody." 
    -Sebastian Junger

    Welcome to Sword and Pen, a podcast about journalism, military veterans, and military veterans in journalism.  In the inaugural episode we welcome Sebastian Junger, an author (The Perfect Storm, Tribe), journalist, and documentarian (Oscar-nominated "Restrepo").

    Sword and Pen is a production of Military Veteran in Journalism, a professional association that builds community for vets, supports their career growth, and advocates for diversifying newsrooms through hiring and promoting more vets. 

    Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr)

    24 min

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