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From a glitzy red carpet to ground zero of a disaster, journalists go where others cannot to do their work. Get the story behind the story from journalists across 105 newspapers nationwide.


    • Jul 2, 2016 LATEST EPISODE
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    Entrevista con periodistas de América Latino

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 2, 2016 9:32


    Celia Camacho y Lourdes Hercules habla sobre la experiencia de trabajar a la periodico USA TODAY con Shannon Rae Green.

    Up close and people first: journalism in Latin America

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 1, 2016 21:32


    Celia Camacho, and Maria Lourdes Hercules are two international journalists selected as part of a program to work at USA TODAY. On this episode of the Full Story, the women discuss the biggest differences between the culture, style and news gathering approach at their newsrooms and those of our newsroom. There is also a Spanish version of this interview.

    Ep. 7 - Typing in a gown: covering the Oscars for the very first time

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2016 21:32


    USA TODAY entertainment journalist Kelly Lawler describes reporting on the Academy Awards in Los Angeles for the first time in her career. 'The Full Story' is a podcast from the USA TODAY Network that goes behind the scenes in journalism. It is hosted by Jim Lenahan and Shannon Rae Green.

    Snoop Dogg, puppets and Peyton Manning: the story behind Super Bowl 50

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 2, 2016 20:26


    The Full Story uncovers stories from the people dispatched to cover the biggest news stories. This episode is on Super Bowl 50, with journalists Lindsay Jones and Tom Pellissero. Hosted by Shannon Rae Green and Jim Lenahan. Photo Credit: Getty Images

    Ep. 5 - Traveling the world to report on global crisis of vanishing groundwater

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2016 19:41


    "It's life or death." Steve Elfers and Ian James traveled to India, Peru, Morocco and around the U.S. to report on the quickly dwindling supply of groundwater globally. As aquifers decline and wells begin to go dry, people are being forced to confront a growing crisis that has turned violent: thugs intimidate people to protect a precious resource, and farmers faced with insurmountable odds are committing suicide on a mass scale.

    Ep. 4 - 'Making a Murderer': Covering the Avery case

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2016 30:04


    Netflix's "Making A Murderer" documentary series has become a national phenomenon. We talk with two Wisconsin journalists — Joel Christopher and Terry Lipshetz — who covered the Steven Avery trial in 2007. They discuss their experiences and the mood of their community then and today. They also talk about the challenges of providing "the full story," given the renewed interest in the fascinating murder case at the heart of this documentary. 'The Full Story' is a podcast from the USA TODAY Network that goes behind the scenes in journalism. It is hosted by Jim Lenahan and Shannon Rae Green

    Ep. 3 - Starting your own local media company

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2016 30:38


    Allen Vaughan of the Springfield (Mo.) News-Leader once got so fed up with the state of the media industry that he quit his job to set off on his own. Vaughan, the News-Leader's consumer experience director, was recently named to Editor & Publisher's 25 Under 35 list. USA TODAY's The Full Story podcast gives you first-person accounts from the people who cover the news.

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