Our guest this week is Sharon McMahon, a former high school government and law instructor– now renowned as “America's Government Teacher.” Her mission: explaining the facts. A social media star, with more than a million followers on her Instagram page called Sharon Says So, McMahon has become a leader in the fight against misinformation. She uses nonpartisan facts to break down difficult-to-follow political headlines and events, putting them in historical context–and doing it with conve...
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Our guest this week is Sharon McMahon, a former high school government and law instructor– now renowned as “America's Government Teacher.” Her mission: explaining the facts. A social media star, with more than a million followers on her Instagram page called Sharon Says So, McMahon has become a leader in the fight against misinformation. She uses nonpartisan facts to break down difficult-to-follow political headlines and events, putting them in historical context–and doing it with conve...
Tossing Out the Journalism Norms and Leaning into Weird Writing with Axios’ Michael Graff
After Deadline: The Media Podcast
42 minutes
3 years ago
Tossing Out the Journalism Norms and Leaning into Weird Writing with Axios’ Michael Graff
This week’s guest discovered at a young age that there were people who got to go to Orioles baseball games for free – and the rest is history. While Michael Graff’s love for the Orioles hasn’t faltered over the years, his career path has shifted from sports writing to feature writing in his current position as the Southern Bureau Chief at Axios Local. Michael shares how his experience as an English major helped him explore the idea of being weird and looking for those unconventional stories. ...
After Deadline: The Media Podcast
Our guest this week is Sharon McMahon, a former high school government and law instructor– now renowned as “America's Government Teacher.” Her mission: explaining the facts. A social media star, with more than a million followers on her Instagram page called Sharon Says So, McMahon has become a leader in the fight against misinformation. She uses nonpartisan facts to break down difficult-to-follow political headlines and events, putting them in historical context–and doing it with conve...
