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Jennifer Hoewe
Associate professor, Purdue University; co-founder/co-director of Purdue Research and Media Effects Lab; author of Enjoyment Is Breaking the News
Purdue University / MIT Press (book)
Episode: Jennifer Hoewe, "Enjoyment Is Breaking News: How We Became Less Informed and More Divided (and How to Fix It)" (MIT Press, 2026)
Emeka Umejei
Senior research associate, Department of Communication and Media, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
University of Johannesburg
Episode: Emeka Umejei, "China in African Media: Between Influence Operations and Decolonization" (Bloomsbury, 2026)
Elisa Tamarkin
Author of Done in a Day, Telex from the Fall of Saigon
University of Chicago
Episode: Done in a Day with the Vietnam War: Elisa Tamarkin (JP)
Steven Herman
Author of Behind the White House Curtain; veteran journalist
Former Voice of America; correspondent
Episode: Steven Herman: Behind the White House Curtain
Michelle A. Amazeen
Author of Content Confusion, News Media, Native Advertising, and Policy in an Era of Disinformation
Boston University
Episode: Michelle A. Amazeen, "Content Confusion: News Media, Native Advertising, and Policy in an Era of Disinformation" (MIT Press, 2025)
Seth Lewis
Inaugural Elcan Jefferson Scholars Foundation Distinguished Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Media Studies, University of Virginia
University of Virginia
Episode: Seth C. Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith, and Tomás Dodds, "Journalism in the Age of AI: From Acceleration to Reimagination" (Polity, 2027)
Rodrigo Zamith
Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts Amherst
UMass Amherst
Episode: Seth C. Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith, and Tomás Dodds, "Journalism in the Age of AI: From Acceleration to Reimagination" (Polity, 2027)
Tomás Dodds
Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin–Madison
UW–Madison
Episode: Seth C. Lewis, Rodrigo Zamith, and Tomás Dodds, "Journalism in the Age of AI: From Acceleration to Reimagination" (Polity, 2027)
Emily Sneff
Author of When the Declaration of Independence Was News
Author, historian specializing in the Declaration of Independence
Episode: Emily Sneff, "When the Declaration of Independence Was News" (Oxford UP, 2026)

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Host of The New Books Network

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Jennifer Hoewe, "Enjoyment Is Breaking News: How We Became Less Informed and More Divided (and How to Fix It)" (MIT Press, 2026)
Q: Before we dive into the book, can you tell me a little bit about your research path and how it led you to this project?
I began with experience in journalism and politics, which sparked a curiosity about how news is created and how it affects public opinion, eventually guiding me toward studying the present-day consumption of news and its entertainment aspects.
Steven Herman: Behind the White House Curtain
Q: What was it like to cover the Trump and Biden administrations from VOA, and how did the firewall affect reporting?
He explains the charter and firewall that separate VOA from direct government influence, his whistleblowing during the first Trump administration, and the subsequent restoration of independence under Biden, highlighting that objective reporting involved presenting multiple sides of a story.
Steven Herman: Behind the White House Curtain
Q: How did you approach the Fukushima disaster and protect yourself as a reporter?
The guest describes covering three simultaneous disasters, verifying information carefully, and balancing speed with accuracy, preferring not to broadcast unverified claims even when they come from authoritative sources; he emphasizes the importance of corroboration and the VOA's standards.
Dallas Liddle, "News Machines: The Systems of Daily Journalism in Britain, 1785–1885" (Oxford UP, 2026)
Q: What was the most surprising finding about technology's role in these changes?
I found that technology often lagged behind market needs; printers and engineers came up with new machines only after the market demanded more output, and not the other way around.
Media, Power, and the Gaza Narrative
Q: How has the Western media coverage of Gaza evolved over the past two years?
The guest notes that coverage has shifted from a simplistic Israelis-versus-Arabs framing to a more nuanced, though still incomplete, portrayal that includes Palestinian suffering and occupation, but often lacks an analysis of the causal factors behind the violence.

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