The Friday Reporter

Chelsea Janes is the national baseball writer for the Washington Post.  Fresh off the road from the World Series and onto the next season of baseball, Chelsea generously found time for an episode today. This college athlete found herself lucky enough to step in and write for the college news -- and realized quickly that it could be her career path.  Fast forward to today, this star journalist finds herself among just a few women writing about the national pastime -- at the absolute highest level of the sport.  Chelsea walks us through the time she covered the 2020 presidential campaign for the Post and how the differences between the two beats are really not terribly different.  But in a week when we're desperate to chat about anything other than Election Day, this episode with Chelsea serves as a needed palate cleanser.  Listen in today to learn more about this superstar!
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Kerry Flynn is Axios' Media Deals Reporter and she is one busy journo.  Kerry's beat spans the entire world of content -- from media to publishing to streaming -- if you're consuming it, she's covering it.  And like the rest of us, Kerry is not only consuming this content for her day job, she's making it part of her hobbies and her free time.  In fact, during this conversation we realize that even her Peloton could be considered media.  Join me today for a very fun conversation with a reporter who clearly loves the work she does every day. 
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Matt Friedman much prefers to dive deep into campaign finance details in his reporting these days -- likely because New Jerseyans spend their lives being hit up with campaign pitches and endless spin.  This very Jersey episode will help you understand that it's not midterm elections that we care about -- it's the state races next year that really matter.  Matt Friedman is an Empire State guy who actively chose to cover the Garden State after watching Jersey City politics up close.  He is now the author of Politico's New Jersey Playbook and nobody knows the ins and the outs more than him.  Jump in today to get a sense of how things unfold in this super political state, and understand why these national races are just a precursor to the big year next year.  
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It's not by accident that Lisa invited Kate Davis from Fast Company to join the podcast today.  The work that Kate and her team and generating are speaking to those of us in the workplace -- as if they're reading our minds.  Kate is the Deputy Editor for Fast Company, along with hosting their weekly -- and ever evolving -- podcast platform.  Additionally, Kate is the supervising editor for all Fast Company podcast -- including Creative Control, Most Innovative Companies, and World Changing Ideas.  During today's episode, Kate tells us about Ambition Diaries, which is a miniseries about the approach to work life from mothers and daughters with varied backgrounds.  It's a must-listen and a fascinating project for all of us to digest.  What was once a beat about productivity, her focus centers on balance and wellness at a time when we all need more.  Join today's conversation to hear more about the great work that Kate and her team at Fast Company are doing. 
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Today's episode catches Politico's Josh Siegel in between podcast interviews and reporting on the latest news from OPEC.  With energy and environment on the agenda for the Congress and the White House, there is never a dull moment for Josh.  This Chicago sports fanatic started off with a dream to cover this faves, but quickly moved onto scanning police blotters in Fort Myers, Fla. and moving way up the coast to Washington, D.C. Today Josh hosts the Politico Energy podcast where he regularly interviews -- or is interviewed -- about the rough and tumble beat that is energy and the environment.  Josh shares his interest in the evolution of Republican positions on climate change, the D.C. food scene and his love of 90's hip hop and R&B.  Listen in today!
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Scott Jennings just celebrated his fifth year as a CNN commentator -- offering a thoughtful, conservative point of view in an otherwise chaotic time.  As a columnist for CNN.com, USA Today, LA Times and others, Scott is frequently asked for his point of view from a conservative perspective.  While he often consumes the viewpoints of others, his process brings him back to reflection and thought that then turn into his careful commentary.  With a background in journalism, Scott spent several years working for President George W. Bush both on the campaign and in the White House.  That experience brings him to his very reasonable and measured delivery both on television and in print.  Listen in today to meet my friend and colleague Scott Jennings.
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Reid Wilson has spent his career covering states and their importance to the foundation of federal governance.  Today is the first ever repeat guest on the podcast -- because Reid is embarking on a new venture that shines a light on state governments, the importance of their work and the relevance they have in what the Congress ultimately does for the country.It's in the states that the work is done -- to assure that the feds can effect change.  And that is why the work that Reid and his team will do is so critically important to the United States.  Listen in to hear about Pluribus News!
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Jim Tankersley shares with Lisa about how his journalism career started and he recounts an early editorial assignment from middle school.  When asked to defend something he believed in, Jim chose to defend the right to wear a baseball cap -- and his challenge of authority led to a meeting with the principal -- and a career was born.  Today, Jim Tankersley is a White House correspondent for the New York Times keeping authority at the highest levels in check.  Jim is most known for being a story teller and seeks out the real stories of Americans to illustrate complex economic issues. Proudly having authored The Riches of this Land -- his book released moments before the world shut down in 2020 -- Jim shares the challenges of reporting while also writing a book.  Jim's experience in the journalism space is unparalleled and Lisa is thrilled to share his stories with you in this episode. 
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Lance Turner counts himself lucky for landing a media gig after college that followed a typical work schedule, but his work is anything but ordinary.  As the editor of Arkansas Business, Lance Turner has seen the evolution of a weekly news outlet evolve into an online must-read.  He and his team at this vital news outlet work non-stop to report on the  latest in Arkansas -- and there is a lot happening there.  While Arkansas is known well for its agriculture, Lance's is especially proud of a set of news coverage on the booming steel industry in Mississippi County. This small, but mighty state is chock-full of powerful players (both industry and persons), and Lance and his team deliver the latest on them every single day.  Tune in to meet Lance Turner!
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Josh Gerstein is Politico's senior legal affairs reporter and has been a journalist during some of the most newsworthy times of our generation.  With an early start in broadcast, Josh found himself as an "embed" for the Dole presidential campaign -- long before that word was part of the journalism vernacular.  From covering the Clinton White House for ABC to covering the Obama White House for Politico, with lots of exceptional experience in between, Josh's career has been one of tremendous esteem.  We get into the various levels of news leaks among the three branches of government - primarily because Josh (and his colleague) broke the story in May of this year about the early draft of Supreme Court opinion relative to Roe v. Wade.  Which was arguably the biggest news scoop in a decade or more.  Tune to hear more about Josh and the important work he does today. 
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