The Show
We’re a team of seasoned journalists committed to tackling social justice issues other news outlets simply can’t, or won’t. To do so, we’re guided by one of the most fundamental tenets of the craft: “Go There.” This is but one of many characteristics that sets News Beat Podcast apart from so many others.
Instead of simply sitting behind desks and literally phoning it in, whenever we can, as much as we can, we try to physically meet with the academics, activists and assorted sources featured on our episodes. We believe there are invaluable moments, details and sounds gleaned from in-person interviews that simply cannot be captured via the telephone or an internet connection. These also help paint the longform stories featured on our site and in our Substack newsletter accompanying each podcast episode. (Yeah, we’re old-school like that!)
Thus, we travel quite often. Past episodes have taken us to the gates of the White House and various spots throughout Washington, D.C., to Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. and downtown Boston, and all across the great state of New York, among other locales.
These treks in pursuit of the truth incur travel expenses, and while we do our very best to keep these down, they can add up. Besides gas, tolls, and lodging costs, our managing editor also has to eat, and he’s got one hell of an appetite! (Kidding. Sorta.)
When we can’t travel for whatever reason, we conduct our interviews via StreamYard—just one of several paid-subscription-based services we utilize to create News Beat Podcast, which also cost money.
But don’t just take our word for it. In those of famed intellectual and Harvard University professor, Dr. Cornel West:
