Before joining UF in 2018, Bridis was editor of the Associated Press’ Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington investigative team and was AP’s leading newsroom expert on security practices for source-protection and on the U.S. Freedom of Information Act and related laws.

Among his other journalistic achievements:

• He was the first journalist to discover and trace Hillary Clinton’s private email server to her home’s basement in Chappaqua, New York.
• His investigative team was first to reveal in August 2016 Paul Manafort’s and Rick Gates’ covert foreign lobbying activities.
• He had been one of AP’s seven analysts since 2004 responsible for projecting winners in national elections (his call in 2016 allowed AP to be the first new organization to project Donald Trump winning the presidency).
• Bridis previously covered technology, hackers, national security and the Justice Department for the AP in Washington, where he worked for 20 years

OUTLINE:

Introduction

0:00- Investigative journalism

3:59 - Journalism ethics

08:50 - Bias in the workplace

13:23 - How power and money affect journalism

21:09 - Origin of political division and how to fix it

42:11 - Joy in doing journalism

46:32 - Studying to become a journalist

51:27 - Advice to undecided students

EPISODE LINKS:

Ted’s Profile: https://www.jou.ufl.edu/staff/ted-bridis/

Ted’s Muck Rack: https://muckrack.com/ted-bridis

Ted’s UF archive: https://www.jou.ufl.edu/tag/ted-bridis/

PODCAST INFO:

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- Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLFn7Fn5wd5p-quHz_YdoxrUryu0MRP6d0

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