Life After News
What happens when the newsroom lights go out—and life begins again?
Life After News explores the raw, funny, and deeply human stories of journalists who’ve walked away from the adrenaline of breaking news to reinvent themselves in surprising ways. Hosted by former TV news director Jason Ball, the podcast goes behind the headlines to talk with anchors, reporters, producers, and executives about identity, resilience, and what it takes to start over.
From career pivots to personal awakenings, these conversations reveal how the skills learned under deadline pressure translate into entirely new chapters of life. It’s not just about leaving the news—it’s about discovering what comes after.
Whether you’re in media, on the edge of a career change, or just fascinated by reinvention, Life After News is your invitation to listen in, learn, and maybe imagine your own next chapter.
Life After News
🎙️ Lisa Guerrero: Walking Away, Speaking Up, and Becoming a Warrior 💥🎙️
Guest: Lisa Guerrero (investigative journalist, author of Warrior)
Host: Jason Ball
Link: 👉 lisaguerrero.com
Episode vibe: Courage, accountability, and what it really takes to speak truth to power.
Content note: This episode includes discussion of pregnancy loss and workplace trauma.
What we cover
- Why Lisa chose to leave Inside Edition after 18 years and what that says about a crisis in establishment media 🗞️
- How reclaiming her voice became the turning point that powered award-winning investigations 🔎
- The traumatic year on Monday Night Football and the moment she decided to do the job her way 🏈
- Accountability journalism: confronting scam artists, televangelists, and powerful institutions face-to-face 🎥
- Warrior: the story behind the name, her mother’s legacy, and how bravery can be trained 💪
- From sports to investigations: earning credibility in locker rooms and on national TV 🏟️
- Surviving the Palisades fire, rebuilding, and what real community recovery will require 🔥
- Mosaic art as therapy and metaphor. Making something beautiful from broken pieces 🎨
- What’s next: adapting Warrior for TV and why storytelling about journalism matters now more than ever 📺
Guest links
- 🌐 Website: lisaguerrero.com
- 📖 Book: Warrior (mentioned in-show)
Quotes
“You can’t write a book about bravery and then not live it.”
“Make something beautiful out of broken pieces.”
Next up
Teaser: Tom Sietsema (ex–Washington Post food critic) reveals his face and his plans for life after news. 🍽️
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Let Life After News inspire your next chapter. Because leaving the news doesn’t mean the story’s over—it means a new one’s just beginning.