Student, Teacher: Eric Gustafson on fighting for journalistic integrity at every level.

About this episode

Eric Gustafson discusses the importance of student journalism and the lessons professionals can learn from young reporters.

I’ve spent my entire professional career in journalism, but student publications are still my favorite news outlets. I broke the biggest story of my life for my high school newspaper, and I find something so infectious about the energy of students who aren’t yet jaded about the industry or the job market, who just want to write about topics that matter to their peers. Us pros can learn a lot from them. Eric Gustafson is one of the few people I’ve ever spoken to whose passion for student journ...

People in this episode

Guest: Eric Gustafson

Topics covered

• journalism
• student publications
• journalistic integrity
• education
• youth engagement

Keywords

• journalism
• student publications
• integrity
• youth
• reporting

More episodes of The Kicker

• Sports Illustrated’s Emma Baccellieri on covering the changing world of women’s basketball. · June 11, 2026 · 54 min
• How Documented is reinventing immigration coverage. · May 21, 2026 · 53 min
• The Old Playbook of Power and Influence Is Different Now · May 14, 2026 · 57 min
• The Globe’s Emily Sweeney breaks out of Boston. · May 7, 2026 · 44 min
• How Elon Musk is colonizing the future. · May 4, 2026 · 1h 4m
• Taking Back Saturday: “We’re sports people. We like to score.” · April 23, 2026 · 49 min