Journalist Brain by Lisa Thalhamer

The new Avengers: Working journalists and the researchers who study their industry By Lisa Thalhamer I don’t know exactly which story was my tipping point. By 2018, I had spent 10 years writing about car crashes, fires, murders, child abuse, natural disasters and many other forms…

New at What Works: Lisa Thalhamer (@journalistbrain.bsky.social) on the New Avengers: Working journalists and the researchers who study their industry.

It’s a festival, not a competition: why many journalists would have benefited from being in high school jazz band with me I don’t think my band director had any idea I’d still be talking about a jazz band festival 20 years later

When I was in high school jazz band, our director described an event as "a festival, not a competition." For the past 20 years, I've repeated that phrase to myself when I get too wrapped up in comparing myself. It's also a phrase that I think would be valuable for journalism as an industry.

In support of trying something new: checking in on the revamped CBS Evening News There are new anchors, no headlines, a slower A-block, and a bright pink mic for Margaret Brennan

A few early thoughts on the revamped CBS Evening News in my newsletter today. Also - can someone tell me how many colors of microphones are stocked at CBS? I can't stop thinking about the pink one for Margaret Brennan on the first night of the broadcast!

On my mind: objectivity As I work on putting my thoughts into words, I'm sharing a 2020 essay from Wesley Lowery on this topic that I often revisit

He published it back in 2020, but I'm still thinking about this Wesley Lowery @nytimes.com essay about journalistic objectivity. On my newsletter, I'm sharing a few of my early thoughts on how to practice objectivity now: open.substack.com/pub/journali...