News Over Noise
By Penn State News Literacy Initiative, Matt Jordan, Leah Dajches
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Episodes: 42
Description
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.
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Crowdsourcing Reality: How Participatory Disinformation Is Shaping the News
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May 07, 2026 |
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Ghosts in the Machine: How the Cold War Broke the News
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Hollowing Out the Fourth Estate: Requiem for the Post-Gazette
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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Trust Fall: The Long Slide of American Press Freedom
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Eat Your Broccoli: What Media Literacy Misses About Young People
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Place Your Bets: The Casino-fication of News
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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The Chilling Effect: The First Amendment, The Fourth Estate, and The Trump Administration
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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The Road More Traveled: How Misinformation Spreads
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Best Frenemies: AI’s Ambivalent Impact on News and Democracy
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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When Universities Police the Press: The Fight Over Student Journalism
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Episode 310: News for Hire: How Billionaires Are Rewriting the Narrative
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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Episode 309: When Facts Aren’t Enough: Rethinking the Role of Fact-Checking
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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Episode 308: The Campus Free Speech Panic: Who’s Fueling the Misinformation Machine?
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May 22, 2025 |
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Episode 307: Defunding Public Media: Threats, Stakes, and the Future of Democracy
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May 08, 2025 |
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Episode 306: The Internet Got Ensh**ified: Monopoly Power and the Fight for Digital Democracy
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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Episode 305: The New Mainstream Media: How Lifestyle Podcasts are Becoming the Go-To Information Source for American Men
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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Episode 304: Call me Daddy: The Danger of Strongman Framing
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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Episode 303: Changing the Spread: What Legalized Betting Means for Sports Reporting
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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Episode 302: Creating Equitable Newsrooms that Connect with Communities
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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Episode 301: A Long Way From Cronkite: Implications of Streaming the News
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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Episode 211: Skipping the Horse Race: Issues-Based Election Reporting
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May 09, 2024 |
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Episode 210: The Ultimate Noise: AI and News Pollution
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Episode 209: Podcasts: News to Your Ears
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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Episode 208: Bad Press: The Muskogee Creek Citizens’ Fight to Protect Freedom of the Press
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Episode 207: Covering the Cover-up of Climate Change
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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Episode 206: Breaking the News to Fix It
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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Episode 205: Vertical Journalism: The Future of News?
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Episode 204: Saving Democracy Through Modeling Healthy News Habits
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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Episode 203: When Tech Reporting Needs an Upgrade
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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Episode 202: Hope, Helplessness, and Health Misinformation
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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Episode 201: The Case for Change: How Business-as-Usual Political Reporting Threatens Democracy
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Oct 27, 2023 |
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U.S. Media Literacy Week Special Edition
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Episode 110: Rebuilding Trust Through Solutions Journalism
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Episode 109: Protecting Public Interest: The Role of Regulation in Media
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Episode 108: A Pro-democracy Case Against Objectivity
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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Episode 107: Overcoming Pride and Prejudice Through Persuasion
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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Episode 106: Trolling the News in an Attention Economy
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Episode 105: Social Media: Friend or Foe to the News Cycle?
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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Episode 104: The Danger of the `News Finds Me’ Mentality
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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Episode 103: What’s Missing From Economic News?
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Episode 102: What Happened to Local News?
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Episode 101: News Avoidance and Why It Matters
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Nov 07, 2022 |