{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"State of Journalism","description":"Once upon a time, journalism started with a letter nailed to a tree\u2014or a door. Some declaration, some warning, some truth someone wanted heard. And people would gather in the square to listen. News wasn\u2019t just information; it was a shared experience. Then came the daily paper. Then the evening broadcast. News once a day\u2014steady, dependable. Until it wasn\u2019t. Now it\u2019s constant. Twenty-four hours. Push notifications. Feeds that never stop refreshing. And somewhere in all that, we started to wonder\u2014what\u2019s the difference between fact and opinion anymore? Between storytelling and spin? In this episode, Tate Chamberlin talks with \u201cSleevs\u201d Emily Messner, Joey Young, and Chris Denson about the evolution of journalism\u2014from editorial boards and ad sales to freelancers, podcasts, and algorithms. How we depict what\u2019s true, and whether journalism can still sustain itself. Because while we were putting this episode together, the press corps was literally packing up and leaving the Pentagon\u2014a small headline that somehow says everything about where we are right now. So\u2026 is there a future in journalism? Or do we have to make one, even if there isn\u2019t? It\u2019s Dispatch from the Heartland, join us, won\u2019t you? ","author_name":"I Am Interchange","author_url":"https:\/\/iaminterchange.com","html":"