“The Outcue” is a 21 News journalist perspective of our top news stories.

Each week, the 21 News staff, including reporters and managers, discuss behind the scenes in covering stories for you — from the newsgathering process to getting the final product on the air, in this new video podcast.

In this week's episode, Assistant News Director Justin Mitchell talks to 21 News chief meteorologist Eric Wilhelm and meteorologist Andrew DiPaolo about
weather reality vs. weather rhetoric.

What do people get wrong regarding the science of weather prediction? Why do some people make weather disasters political?

Let's hear what the weather guys hear most often.

“The Outcue” is a 21 News journalist perspective of our top news stories.

Each week, the 21 News staff, including reporters and managers, will discuss behind the scenes in covering stories for you - from the newsgathering process to getting the final product on the air, in this new video podcast.

In this week's episode, Assistant News Director Justin Mitchell talks to 21 News anchor/reporter Madison Tromler and reporter Kaitlyn McCarthy about when you are first to report a news story and what goes on behind the scenes, sometimes anxiety of breaking that big news story.

Listen to the stories of some big investigations and how the reporters who covered them feel after the story hits the air and the web.

“The Outcue” is a 21 News journalist perspective of our top news stories. Each week, the 21 News staff, including reporters and managers, will discuss behind the scenes in covering stories for you - from the newsgathering process to getting the final product on the air, in this new video podcast. In this week's episode, Assistant News Director Justin Mitchell looks behind the scenes with 21 News Coordinating Producer Rachel Kerr and what a news producer does. Many of you may remember that Mary Tyler Moore's character on the classic sitcom was a news producer, but we never saw Mary do much work. Listen and learn about the tasks that go into producing a daily newscast. The podcast name — The Outcue — is a broadcast term meaning the last few words of reporting before the package ends. We hope you enjoy it.

“The Outcue” is a 21 News journalist perspective of our top news stories.

Each week, the 21 News staff, including reporters and managers, will discuss behind the scenes in covering stories for you — from the newsgathering process to getting the final product on the air, in this new video podcast.

In this week's episode, Assistant News Director Justin Mitchell talks with 21 News Director Sheila Miller and Senior Digital Content Manager Robert McFerren about the editorial decision-making process that comes with covering sensitive news stories — and what does and doesn't get mentioned — on the air.

The podcast name — The Outcue — is a broadcast term meaning the last few words of reporting before the package ends. We hope you enjoy it.

“The Outcue” is a 21 News journalist perspective of our top news stories.

Each week, the 21 News staff, including reporters and managers, will discuss what goes on behind the scenes in covering stories for you - from the newsgathering process to getting the final product on the air, in this new video podcast.

In this week's episode, Assistant News Director Justin Mitchell talks with 21 Sports reporter Brittany Bissell and sports videographer Dan Pushcar about Friday night football and what goes into covering all the local teams each week during the football season.

Natural gas accidents happen more often than you think. Experts we sought out, including the NTSB, say the lack of state and federal safety regulations is to blame. Could it happen again? Assistant News Director Justin Mitchell and Watchdog reporter Madison Tromler discuss the backstories behind the investigation into the Realty building explosion and what needs to change to stop "The Danger Beneath Us."

Assistant news director Justin Mitchell sits down with reporter Kaitlyn McCarthy to talk about her path from working behind the scenes to holding the powerful accountable. McCarthy, a Valley native and YSU graduate, has only been reporting since April, but in that time has broken major developments on the Realty building explosion and exposed potential conflicts of interest at a major development organization.

Turn in every Friday on our YouTube channel or listen to the audio version on all major podcast platforms.

The podcast name - The Outcue - is a broadcast term that means the last few words of reporting before the package ends.

We hope you enjoy it.

In this week's Outcue podcast, 21 News Assistant News Director Justin Mitchell and Senior Digital Content Manager Robert McFerren discuss the story behind the story, looking at the fast-changing coverage of the Steward Health bankruptcy filings.

Our coverage has been following the bankruptcy court case in Texas and reporting those looking to place bids for control of Trumbull Regional, Hillside Rehabilitation, and the satellite facilities.

These stories we start working on in the morning may be completely different by the afternoon.

We discuss keeping up with fluid stories like these and the importance of keeping everyone informed on the importance of these hospitals— from caring for the community to providing good-paying jobs to the tax revenue brought in to pay for essential services.