by Lindsey Fenton | Apr 23, 2026 | News Over Noise, What's New
We often talk about headlines, but less about the deeper frameworks shaping how news gets made.
In this episode of News Over Noise, Matt Jordan and Cory Barker talk with Barbie Zelizer from Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania about How the Cold War Broke the News and the lasting influence of Cold War logic on journalism. Drawing on decades of research, she explores how ideas like objectivity, balance, and access were shaped during that period and how they continue to structure coverage today.
I found this one especially interesting for how clearly it connects past media systems to the way news is produced and interpreted now.
Listen to the episode: News Over Noise 409
by Lindsey Fenton | Apr 9, 2026 | News Over Noise, What's New
When I was an undergrad at Point Park University, I signed up for a free student subscription to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. I remember holding the paper in my hands and feeling like it marked a shift into adulthood.
That experience is part of why the news that the Post-Gazette will cease operations next month feels personal and why the latest episode of News Over Noise hits home for me.
In this episode Matt Jordan and Cory Barker talk with journalist Tony Norman about the paper’s unraveling and what it reveals about the state of local journalism.
Drawing on more than three decades in the newsroom, Norman reflects on the loss of local reporting capacity, the risks of becoming disconnected from the communities journalists are meant to serve, and the structural pressures reshaping the industry.
Listen to the episode: News Over Noise 408.
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