News Over Noise

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Award-winning writer Tony Norman is the longtime columnist and editorial writer for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. A former Knight-Wallace Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan and an adjunct journalism professor at Chatham University, he now freelances for several local and national publications.]

Read Tony's Essay, "Requiem for the Post-Gazette."

News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. 

 

News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications.

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Timothy Richardson is the Program Director, Journalism and Disinformation. Timothy previously worked as an Editor at The Washington Post for thirteen years, where he served as the Breaking News Editor on the Metro Desk, placing him in the center of some of the nation’s highest-profile stories, including the protests that followed the killing of George Floyd and the Storming of the U.S. Capitol. Richardson oversaw accountability-driven reporting of the infrastructure law, the airline industry, transit systems, and the federal Department of Transportation. Richardson’s role at the Post was focused on launching and running day-to-day operations of the organization’s foray into hyperlocal news. He began his journey as the Digital Managing Editor of the Las Vegas Sun, then returned to The Post as the Metro Staff’s Digital Editor, strengthening its digital-first strategy. His earlier roles included serving as Digital Editor for the Naples (Fla.) Daily News and the Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, helping each legacy print publication to establish a digital presence and strategy. Richardson is a graduate of Kansas State University.

News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. 

 

News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications.

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Rachel Besharat Mann, PhD is a scholar at Wesleyan University interested in the academic and personal literacy practices that support adolescents through a sensitive developmental period marked by identity exploration, that in turn provides the foundation for behavior and self-conceptualization in adulthood. Her current work explores how social media impacts adolescent consumption and interpretation of information used to inform the development of civic identities and political ideology. Past work has explored the impact of social media use on self-esteem and identity development through the lens of possible self-ideation​​.
News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. 

News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications.

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Judd Legum is the founder and author of Popular Information, an independent newsletter dedicated to accountability journalism. PopularInformation won the 2020 Online Journalism Award for Excellence inNewsletters, and its reporting was credited by Bloomberg for bringing a "political reckoning" to corporate America. Previously, Legumfounded and served as editor-in-chief of ThinkProgress, a progressive media outlet. In 2008, Legum was the research director for HillaryClinton's first presidential campaign. He is a graduate of GeorgetownUniversity Law Center and Pomona College.
News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. 
 
 
 

News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications.

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Dr. Amy Kristin Sanders is the John and Ann Curley Professor of First Amendment Studies at Penn State. A licensed attorney and award-winning former journalist, Sanders is an internationally recognized expert on the legal regulation and ethical use of emerging technologies, with an emphasis on freedom of expression and democratic values.
She has published more than 30 scholarly articles and co-authors the widely recognized law school casebook First Amendment and the Fourth Estate: The Law of Mass Media. Sanders regularly serves as an expert witness and consultant to Fortune 500 companies on media law and ethics issues and her words have been published by major news organizations, including USA Today, The Conversation, the Houston Chronicle and the Austin American-Statesman.
As a native of rural Missouri, Sanders is proud to serve on the Truman State University Foundation Board of the Directors and is a lifelong fan of the St. Louis Cardinals.
News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications. 

News Over Noise is a co-production of WPSU and Penn State’s Bellisario College of Communications.

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