Season 1 · EP 12 · Society

The challenges facing journalism: speed vs truth

With Isabel Ojeda, journalist. The pulse of the trade: getting there first or getting there right. How publishing decisions are made and what pressures exist in a newsroom.

A newsroom lives with two clocks: deadline and verification. Isabel explains how that conflict is resolved every day, what gets cut from the front page and who really sets the agenda.

What this episode covers

How you verify a story with fifteen minutes to spare
Who sets a newsroom’s agenda and on what criteria
What the click economy does to what gets published
What a reader can do to avoid swallowing a hoax

About the guest

Isabel Ojeda is journalist. This conversation was recorded for season 1 of Otra Conversación and runs 1h 16m with no cuts and no closed script.

Season 1 Society 1h 16m

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