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: Screenshot of Interview w/panelists, Credit: Gina Baleria
In Part 1 of this interview, we explore the role of arts during crises, as well as how arts and artists are viewed in U.S. mainstream society. We’v...

  • Added: Jul 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
In this episode, I continue my conversation with three Bay Area theatre makers of color who are working to ensure diverse voices and stories are he...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Screenshot from NIC Allyship podcast
In this episode, we explore allyship - How to support black people and other people of color in the fight for equity, protection from police brutal...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Headshot: Richard R. John
In this episode, we talk about the post office with Dr. Richard R. John, Professor of History & Communications in the Columbia Journalism School at...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: California Climate Map, Credit: Photo by: Ali Zifan (CC BY-SA 4.0) (derived from World Köppen Classification (with authors).svg)
In this episode, we explore California’s dynamic and shifting climate, which impacts so much across the Bay area, region, and state, including our ...

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  • Added: Aug 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Firefighter with drip can at prescribed burn, Credit: Photo Courtesy: Ken-ichi Ueda (CC BY-NC 2.0)
In this episode, we explore California’s history of and relationship to fire, in particular how native populations worked with fire, and how coloni...

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  • Added: Sep 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Screenshot of Podcast Recording, Credit: Gina Baleria
In this episode, we explore the influence and impact of framing - in particular how mainstream news tends to frame national issues as gamified, two...

  • Added: Sep 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Renee Hobbs, Ed.D
In this episode, we explore the allure and growing influence of conspiracy theories, and how they are both combated by and influenced by Media Lite...

  • Added: Sep 18, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we explore how some tenets of media literacy can be co-opted by conspiracy theorists, and how to approach media literacy education...

  • Added: Sep 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we seek to make sense of the recent New York Times articles about the President’s tax returns. We also explore the U.S. tax system...

  • Added: Oct 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we take a closer look at the response among many in the medical and public health communities to the president’s handling of the C...

  • Added: Oct 09, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we talk with John Wood, Jr., national ambassador for Braver Angels, an organization also working to build relationships across the...

  • Added: Oct 16, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we talk with four college students from and/or attending school in the Bay Area - all of them taking classes right now online.

  • Added: Oct 23, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
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In this episode, we talk with four college students from and/or attending school in the Bay Area - all of them taking classes right now online. Th...

  • Added: Oct 25, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Logo: News In Context, Credit: Joyce Cheng
Welcome to News in Context. I’m Gina Baleria. In this episode, we take a closer look at journalism – in particular how news outlets covered the 20...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Headshot: Steve Bien-Aime
In this episode, we explore the journalistic norms that have driven the profession, and why evolving those norms could lead to stronger coverage of...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Elana Newman, PhD
In this episode we explore how trauma and stress impact journalists, as well as an evolving sensibility among those who practice journalism that se...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Headshot: Glenn Kessler
In this episode, we talk with Glenn Kessler, editor… and chief writer of the Washington Post Fact Checker… and credited with doing the first offici...

  • Added: Dec 17, 2020
  • Length: 29:30
Caption: Headshot: Keith Woods
In this episode, we explore how unconscious bias has influenced news coverage - by defaulting to favor mainstream society and failing to adequately...

  • Added: Jan 11, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
Caption: Dave Kaplan
In this episode, we explore how to inform publics through a nonprofit journalism model, and the importance of bringing journalists together and sup...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:30