News In Context

Series produced by Gina Baleria

Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
Image by: Joyce Cheng 
Logo: News In Context 

A weekly podcast focused on discussing the issues that impact how information is delivered, how we consume it, and how that affects our interactions with each other.

A weekly podcast focused on discussing the issues that impact how information is delivered, how we consume it, and how that affects our interactions with each other.


93 Pieces

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Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Artwork by Joyce Cheng
Gina sits down with John Zipperer, Vice President of Editorial at The Commonwealth Club of California, to discuss the importance of contextualizing...

  • Added: Feb 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:28
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
Journalists turned professors Anne Belden of Santa Rosa Junior College and Ed Beebout of Sonoma State University, discuss how media framing of the ...

  • Added: Feb 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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Redwood City Library Director Derek Wolfgram and Library Services Supervisor Jenny Barnes talk about the Redwood City Public Library's Human Librar...

  • Added: Mar 05, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Cartoon Still of Kids, Credit: Xyza News for Kids
In this episode, I talk with Sapna Satagopan… co-founder of Xyza News for Kids, an outlet that provides reliable, relatable, current, and easy-to-u...

  • Added: Mar 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Headshot: Chandra Clark, PhD, University of Alabama
Dr. Chandra Clark, Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama, has expertise in electronic news and analysis of the news ecosystem. We got to...

  • Added: Mar 26, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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We talk with Michelle Ciulla Lipkin, Executive Director of the National Association for Media Literacy Education – or NAMLE. Our focus? How media l...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Amber Boydstun, Associate Professor of Political Science at UC Davis, and author of Making the News… about how me...

  • Added: Apr 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Dr. Amber Boydstun
In part 2 of my interview with Dr. Boydstun, we explore social media and our own behavior as media audiences and consumers… AND people connected to...

  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: COVID 19 Word Cloud, Credit:  EpicTop10.com
In this episode, we explore how the news media is doing in covering COVID-19 – including the responses of public officials… the data on infections ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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Civity co-founders Malka Kopell and Palma Strand discuss the importance of SEEing, and how the COVID-19 pandemic seems to have led to an increase i...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we talk with Dr. Nancy Bristow… Chair of the History Department at the University of Puget Sound… and author of American Pandemic:...

  • Added: May 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
In this episode, we talk with Dr. Nancy Bristow… Chair of the History Department at the University of Puget Sound… and author of American Pandemic:...

  • Added: May 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Screenshot from Interview, Credit: Gina Baleria
When we think libraries, many of us think- BOOKS! But, libraries are so much more and often the heart of a community. They also play a critical ro...

  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Gian & Barry during Zoom Interview, Credit: Gina Baleria
In this episode. We explore America’s ongoing and persistent issues when it comes to race and social justice... in particular how race can be weapo...

  • Added: May 28, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
In this episode. We explore America’s ongoing and persistent issues when it comes to race and social justice... in particular holding a mirror up t...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we talk with Dana Sitar… Freelance writer & editor in personal finance, careers, and digital media. Dana recently wrote a piece fo...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
This episode features Marnita Schroedl, CEO of Marnita’s Table, and Lauren Williams, Marnita’s Table’s Training Manager & Executive Administrator. ...

  • Added: Jun 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Zina Jacque, Credit: Linda Barrett (lindambarrettproductions.com)
In this episode we explore how one community is working to have the hard conversations growing out of this moment. As protesters push for reforms t...

  • Added: Jun 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Headshot: Anita Varma
In part one, we explore how news organizations are navigating the many major ongoing stories that currently dominate our news landscape, including ...

  • Added: Jul 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Headshot:Anita Varma, PhD
In Part 2 of my interview with Dr. Anita Varma, we discuss how word choice and passive voice can infuse bias into coverage, the pros and cons of hu...

  • Added: Jul 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:30