Andie Tucher of Columbia University is the winner of the 2023 Best Podcast Guest Award from Journalism History.

Tucher is the guest of “Episode 121: The Colonial Press,” which was released in February 2023. It was the top-rated episode of that year, drawing over 500 downloads.

“I’ve been so pleased to see that ever since I began working on the history and meaning of fake news I seem to have become much more interesting wherever I go,” Tucher said. “And I’m so grateful to the Journalism History podcast and to the great interviewer Teri Finneman for the opportunity to share my thoughts and insights with this even more interesting community of journalism history scholars. I appreciate how seriously you all have taken fake news and fake journalism, and I thank you for this honor!”

Executive producer Ken Ward said the episode helped listeners understand current problems as part of much broader themes in journalism history.

“Stories like these provide the essential context necessary to appreciate the present,” Ward said. “We’re proud to celebrate Tucher’s interview and the attention it brought to such an important topic.”

AEJMC’s History Division will recognize Tucher at its 2024 Awards Gala at AEJMC in August in Philadelphia.

Edward Alwood, Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen and Jordana Cox were other top-rated podcast guests of 2023.

The Journalism History podcast passed the 100,000-interactions mark in 2023. The show’s episodes have been downloaded more than 64,000 times and listened to in all 50 states and over 100 countries. Its transcripts have been viewed more than 53,500 times.

Journalism History podcast episodes are available wherever you listen to podcasts, as well as at https://journalismhistorypodcast.podbean.com/. Show transcripts are available at https://journalism-history.org/podcast/.