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News Over Noise: Crowdsourcing Reality: How Participatory Disinformation Is Shaping the News
Season 4 of News Over Noise wraps with a conversation that gets at one of the biggest challenges facing today’s information ecosystem: participatory disinformation.In this episode, Matt Jordan and Cory Barker talk with Kate Starbird (University of Washington) about...
News Over Noise: 20K Downloads
20,000 downloads. Producing four seasons of News Over Noise alongside hosts Matt Jordan, Cory Barker, and Leah Dajches, Ph.D. (seasons 1-2) has been an honor. This podcast has been a chance to explore how media is shaped and what that means for how we navigate the...
News Over Noise: Ghosts in the Machine: How the Cold War Broke the News
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...
News Over Noise: Hollowing Out the Fourth Estate: Requiem for the Post-Gazette
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...
Innovation Award Videos
I was honored to produce two videos for Penn State University’s inaugural Innovation Impact Awards, celebrating the people and partnerships driving research, collaboration, and real-world impact. I had the opportunity to tell the stories behind the Beecher Loftus...
News Over Noise: Trust Fall: The Long Slide of American Press Freedom
Trust in the media does not collapse overnight. It erodes over time. And that trust, or lack of it, matters.In the latest episode of News Over Noise, Matt Jordan and Cory Barker talk with Tim Richardson about what is behind the long slide of American press freedom and...
News Over Noise: Eat Your Broccoli: What Media Literacy Misses About Young People
Young people are often described as disengaged or indifferent to the news. But those labels miss what is actually happening.In this episode of News Over Noise, Matt Jordan and Cory Barker talk with Rachel Besharat Mann, PhD of Wesleyan University about how adolescents...
The Stompers Project: Stomping Out the Stigma Around Mental Health
I’ve wanted to tell the story of the Stompers Project® by the JANA MARIE FOUNDATION since I first learned about it, and I finally had the chance to document the creation of one of these incredible sculptures.The Stompers Project uses creative expression to spark...
News Over Noise: Place Your Bets: The Casino-fication of News
Prediction markets are starting to appear in the news.Not just forecasts or analysis, but actual betting odds tied to political events, economic indicators, and global developments that are increasingly being integrated into mainstream coverage.On the latest episode...
News Over Noise: The Chilling Effect: The First Amendment, The Fourth Estate, and The Trump Administration
I'm proud to produce the News Over Noise podcast and wanted to share one of my favorite episodes from Season 4: We hear a lot about “free speech.” But how much of what we’re hearing is actually accurate?I'm excited to share the latest episode of News Over Noise. Matt...