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video podcast too.

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several people already to try it and they've now got their own podcast going

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Hi, I'm Cheryl Ackison.

Welcome to my first audio podcast experiment.

A few of you have expressed interest in having me offer regular podcasts.

In case you don't know me a brief introduction,

I'm an investigative journalist,

host of a weekly Sunday program called

full measure. Check it out at full measure dot news. It's a program that's consistent

with my general mission of original reporting on topics and facts that I think are

underreported or censored or that powerful interests are trying to stop. So that

means all kinds of stories. Follow the money, waste of taxpayer spending, waste

fraud and abuse by government and corporations, whistleblowers, you name it.

I also give constructive criticism on bad behavior by the news media.

For more than 30 years I've worked at places like CBS, CNN, PBS, and local news.

I've received a number of Emmy nominations and awards for my original reporting.

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