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Michael O’Connell has interviewed almost 500 journalists in It’s All Journalism podcasts

(SAN FRANCISCO) Michael O'Connell is a journalist, author, college professor, the co-founder and producer of It's All Journalism, a media-focused podcast to interview journalists across the country. The incoming 2022 will mark the tenth anniversary of the podcast program.

• Dec 30, 2021

  Veteran journalist turns entrepreneur with Wind Newspaper

  When a person has dedicated more than three decades of her life to serving her community through journalism, it’s hard to consider doing anything else.

  When a person has dedicated more than three decades of her life to serving her community through journalism, it’s hard to consider doing anything else.

  
• Dec 26, 2021

  Founder and Publisher Portia Li : A thank you note as Wind Newspaper reaches its first anniversary

  2020 is an unprecedented year for all of us, also for me. I lost my job as did many Americans in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. I was forced to leave the job that I enjoyed and dedicated to serving the community as a journalist for over 30 years.

  2020 is an unprecedented year for all of us, also for me. I lost my job as did many Americans in the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. I was forced to leave the job that I enjoyed and dedicated to serving the community as a journalist for over 30 years.

  
• Sep 22, 2021

  Wind Newspaper: A free, bilingual weekly with a staff of one makes a difference in San Francisco

  *Editor's Note: Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), a professional organization for all American journalists in the U.S. with 6000 members nationwide , publishes Quill Magazine quarterly. The summer issue of Quill i 2021 features Wind Newspaper and its founder Portia Li in the cover. We have received the permission from Quill Magazine to reprint the 4000-word article and translate the entire article into Chinese to share with our readers. Thank you SPJ and Quill Magazine for the support!

  *Editor's Note: Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), a professional organization for all American journalists in the U.S. with 6000 members nationwide , publishes Quill Magazine quarterly. The summer issue of Quill i 2021 features Wind Newspaper and its founder Portia Li in the cover. We have received the permission from Quill Magazine to reprint the 4000-word article and translate the entire article into Chinese to share with our readers. Thank you SPJ and Quill Magazine for the support!