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How to get on Informed Reporting

Hosted by Dr. Gretchen Hoak | Specialist in Journalist Wellbeing.

Should you pitch it?

Guest activity
Often has guests
94% of recent episode titles look like interviews
Episode length
56 min
Median of recent episodes. That is the commitment you would be asking for.
Publishing
Monthly
18 episodes · last 2026-07-06
Language
English
The feed says "en" without a region, so the country is unknown.
Where it's from
Not established
No .uk domain and no region in the feed language. Apple reports the storefront, not the show, so we do not guess.
Reach
35
Percentile among shows you could realistically get on. Not a download count.
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Worth a pitch. This show publishes its own contact, sits outside the national chart, is independently published, and its recent episodes show it books guests.

How this show compares to other news & politics podcasts

This show features a guest in almost every episode. That is rare in News & Politics, and it makes this one of the more realistic bookings in the field.

Measured against every news & politics podcast in the directory that has published in the last year.

This show Category average
Episodes featuring a guest 94% 15%
Episodes in the last 90 days 4 22
Typical episode length 56 min 43 min
Episodes published in total 18 187
Reach percentile 35 50

Reach is a percentile among shows you could realistically get booked on, built from chart history, longevity, activity and cadence. It is not a download figure. Nobody outside a show can see those.

What the show says about itself

<p>Listen each week as Dr. Gretchen Hoak, former TV journalist, researcher, and professor, talks with other researchers, working journalists, and newsroom managers about mental health, newsroom culture, and journalist wellbeing. This podcast connects the real world with what academic research shows about life as a journalist and the toll the stress can take. From local journalist to national correspondent, we talk about the consequences of covering the trauma that makes the headlines and leads the newscasts. If you want to join the conversation and learn about how we can use research to make t

Recent episodes

Straight from the feed. The quickest way to judge whether your angle fits.

  1. "It's Trauma Season" with Dr. Sharon Smith
  2. "Keeping Good People in the Field" with Samantha Ragland
  3. "Navigating Identity in Broadcast News" with Dr. Kris Vera-Phillips
  4. “Wall-to-Wall During Deadly Weather” with James Spann
  5. "Managing Newsrooms Through Big Events" with Carolyn Fox
  6. "Turning up the volume on the conversation" with Leona O'Neill
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Common questions

Does Informed Reporting accept guests?

Often has guests. This show interviews people regularly. This is our reading of the show's recent episode titles, not a statement from the show itself.

How do I contact Informed Reporting?

Yes. Informed Reporting publishes a contact address in its own RSS feed, and it is the show's own inbox rather than a shared network desk. We hold it and release it to people on a plan. We never invent an address and never send a pitch on your behalf.

How often does Informed Reporting publish?

It publishes about once a month. There are 18 episodes in the feed. Episodes run about 56 minutes.

Is Informed Reporting still active?

Yes. It has published within the last 90 days.

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