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In this world of 24-hour news cycles and constantly refreshing Twitter feeds, it is easy for important stories to become lost, to fall off our radar. In MediaFile’s newest podcast, Long Time, No See, we bring “re-breaking” news coverage to these stories, many of which still have significant impacts on people’s live. While other news outlets move from headline to headline, trying to stay on top of the next big, sensational story, we at MediaFile are taking a step back. We want to dive deep into stories that we’ve all heard of but might’ve forgotten about.  With this podcast, we’re challenging the notion that news has to be new. 

In each episode, we’ll be asking important questions like “Has anyone actually been held accountable for the death of Jamal Khashoggi?” or “Whatever happened to the Space Force?” We’re exploring these stories, uncovering what happens when an issue leaves the media’s spotlight. We’ll be interviewing interesting people; journalists, politicians, policy wonks, survivors, scientists, many of whom were on the front lines when the story originally broke or are even still on the lead, trying to bring attention to these issues. Our goal with this show is to challenge people’s perception of the news. We want to prove that news stories are more than just the clips and sound bites that you hear and see on TV. Even after the camera crews pack up and leave and our Twitter feeds fall silent on the issue, these stories continue to develop.

Host/Director: Michael Kohler
Producer: Amalia Mobley 
Multimedia Editor: Caroline Corbett
Music: Rob Cline