News Leadership: Conversations about Journalism and Its Future is a compilation of excerpts from The Lead podcast that presents insights from established professionals and emerging thought leaders gleaned from their candid conversations with student hosts. Their insights offer advice, provide context and create a sense of optimism for an industry grappling with transformative disruption.

On leadership:
""We're being challenged in ways that I don't think we ever have been in this country. We need leaders who are ready to nurture the First Amendment rights that we have and defend them, and we need people who are willing to choose to lead and willing to make decisions.""
- Amy Glennon

On journalism:
""There's nothing like getting your feet in the street and being in touch with people. . .""
- Charlayne Hunter-Gault

On the future:
""It's smart to be nimble. It's smart to be careful, but we don't have to be quaking with fear at the uncertainty of what's ahead.""
- Matt Kempner