Archive - love, journalism

Back on the cycle at USA Today

My new journalism job starts Monday

Apr 7 •

Darren Samuelsohn

March 2024

Episode 21: American leaders, old as the hills

Six former Insider colleagues unpack the data and debate over the country's aging leaders and our evergreen 'Red, White and Gray' project

Mar 2 •

Darren Samuelsohn

37:01

February 2024

Episode 20: Bouncing back from a newsroom's demise

Ben White, James LaPorta, Lindsey McPherson & Geoff Rowland share lessons learned from The Messenger

Feb 17 •

Darren Samuelsohn

53:50

Episode 19: Building The Messenger from scratch

White House reporter Rebecca Morin and photo director Lauren Morgan share their media start-up stories

Feb 13 •

Darren Samuelsohn

48:21

Episode 18: The Messenger, in perspective

Seasoned journos Mary Papenfuss and Warren Rojas on WTF happened where we just worked

Feb 10 •

Darren Samuelsohn

29:58

Episode 17: Traffic Talk with Neetzan Zimmerman & Ben Smith

The love, journalism Show continues its dissection of The Messenger’s demise with a lively chat about what makes people click

Feb 7 •

Darren Samuelsohn

26:30

Episode 16: Farewell to The Messenger's Legal Crew

A final team meeting with former reporters Adam Klasfeld, Ben Feuerherd and Maggie Severns

Feb 6 •

Darren Samuelsohn

40:00

Episode 15: RIP The Messenger

The Love, Journalism Show returns to mark a sad day for journalists

Feb 1 •

Darren Samuelsohn

39:53

June 2023

How a New Experiment Could Usefully Challenge News Judgments

A word on behalf of the Messenger Scale

Published on Second Rough Draft • Jun 8, 2023

May 2023

Episode 14: Catching up with Josh Gerstein, my former Politico partner

Listen now | Talking shop with my ex-Politico colleague on his Supreme Court coverage, Trump indictments and more.

May 27, 2023 •

Darren Samuelsohn

54:43

April 2023

Episode 13: Eliana Johnson, ink stained wretch

Listen Now — The Washington Free Beacon editor-in-chief on being a conservative, underdog journalist.

Apr 22, 2023 •

Darren Samuelsohn

32:49

Episode 12: How to get into your zone — and how to stay there

Getting Things Done author David Allen on why Inbox Zero works, plus how to remember good ideas when naked in a sauna.

Apr 21, 2023 •

Darren Samuelsohn

22:02

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