News Over Noise

If you find yourself avoiding the news, you’re not alone. But what’s turning you off is likely not the news itself—it’s the noise surrounding it. News Over Noise explores the challenge of separating spin and click-bait from good journalism and why it matters. This podcast empowers our citizenry by giving listeners the tools they need to balance staying informed while protecting their well-being and the public good.

News Over Noise is a education podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 42 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Unknown Host hosts News Over Noise, a education show with 42 episodes published.

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  Episode #410

  Crowdsourcing Reality: How Participatory Disinformation Is Shaping the News

  May 7, 202656 minS4

  <p>Special thanks to our guest:</p> <p>Kate Starbird is a Professor at the Department of Human Centered Design & Engineering (HCDE) at the University of Washington (UW). Kate’s research sits within the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI) and computer supported cooperative work (CSCW). Extending from early work in crisis informatics, her research program has followed the phenomenon of online rumoring down the rabbit hole and into some of the toxic online spaces that are increasingly (re)shaping discourse, values, and politics around the world. Her work has revealed how online disinformation — i.e. the intentional manipulation of discourse for...

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  Episode #409

  Ghosts in the Machine: How the Cold War Broke the News

  Apr 23, 202652 minS4

  <p>Special thanks to our guest:</p> <p>Barbie Zelizer is the Raymond Williams Professor of Communication and Director of the Center for Media at Risk at the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg School for Communication. A former journalist, Zelizer is known for her work on journalism, crisis, culture, memory and images. She has authored/edited fifteen books and 200 articles/essays. Recipient of multiple fellowships, including the American Academy of Arts and Science, the British Academy and the European Academy, her work has appeared in national and global media. Coeditor of Journalism: Theory, Practice and Criticism, she is past President of...

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  Episode #408

  Hollowing Out the Fourth Estate: Requiem for the Post-Gazette

  Apr 9, 202650 minS4

  <p>Special thanks to our guest:</p> <p>Award-winning writer Tony Norman is the longtime columnist and editorial writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A former Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan and an adjunct journalism professor at Chatham University, he now freelances for several local and national publications.]</p> <p>Read Tony's Essay, "Requiem for the Post-Gazette."</p> <p>News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. <br>  </p> <p><p>News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. </p></p><br/> <p>Hoste...

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  Episode #407

  Trust Fall: The Long Slide of American Press Freedom

  Mar 26, 202651 minS4

  <p>Special thanks to our guest:</p> <p>Timothy Richardson is the Program Director, Journalism and Disinformation. Timothy previously worked as an Editor at The Washington Post for thirteen years, where he served as the Breaking News Editor on the Metro Desk, placing him in the center of some of the nation’s highest-profile stories, including the protests that followed the killing of George Floyd and the Storming of the U.S. Capitol. Richardson oversaw accountability-driven reporting of the infrastructure law, the airline industry, transit systems, and the federal Department of Transportation. Richardson’s role at the Post was focused on l...

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  Episode #406

  Eat Your Broccoli: What Media Literacy Misses About Young People

  Mar 12, 202652 minS4

  <p>Special thanks to our guest:</p><p>Rachel Besharat Mann, PhD is a scholar at Wesleyan University interested in the academic and personal literacy practices that support adolescents through a sensitive developmental period marked by identity exploration, that in turn provides the foundation for behavior and self-conceptualization in adulthood. Her current work explores how social media impacts adolescent consumption and interpretation of information used to inform the development of civic identities and political ideology. Past work has explored the impact of social media use on self-esteem and identity development through the lens of possible self-ideation​​.</p><p>News Over Nois...

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