Episode 10: Mark Jacob on Journalism's Future

About this episode

Mark Jacob discusses the future of journalism and shares insights for newcomers in the field.

Mark Jacob is the former metro editor at the Chicago Tribune, and former Sunday editor at the Chicago Sun-Times. He’s the co-author of 11 books, mostly on history. In our second episode with Mark, he and John Cole talk about the future of journalism. Topics include Mark’s advice to someone just starting out, the disparity in financing between left and right “influencers” and Mark’s current projects. Mark’s Substack Stop the Presses: https://www.stopthepresses.news/ Courier is a journali...

People in this episode

Host: John Cole

Guest: Mark Jacob

Topics covered

• future of journalism
• advice for new journalists
• financing disparity in media

Keywords

• journalism
• media
• influencers
• Substack

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Substack

Books & works: Stop the Presses

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