Miscellaneous
It was inevitable with this podcast that I would begin to spend a little more time talking with journalists as they stream through Iowa, the site of the first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses, on the 2020 campaign trail. Christopher Cadelago of Politico popped up on my radar after he filed a surprise story from the depths of a furious blizzard that stranded him in the middle of rural Iowa: "My bone-chilling adventure trying to cover Kamala Harris in Iowa." Suffice it to say that Cadelago was lucky to share the Oscars telecast and goulash with Mike and Janet Shock after they rescued the Californian from his snowbound rental car in nothing more than a paper-thin jacket. But this isn't an interview about road safety. Cadelago and I dove into numerous issues of modern political coverage, including the climate for reporters (where they get both booed and pestered for autographs) and how the rise of new partisan media affects his job. Thanks for listening to Journalists Are My Heroes, the podcast that talks to working journalists and journalism advocates everywhere. Because a healthy news environment helps build a shared sense of community, especially on the local level. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/journalistsaremyheroes/support