The Relationship Among Newsrooms, Audiences, and Information, w/Dr. Chandra Clark

Dr. Chandra Clark, Assistant Professor at the University of Alabama, has expertise in electronic news and analysis of the news ecosystem. We got together to discuss new normals in news: how audiences respond to coverage; how news outlets respond to audiences; and how we all respond to the quickened information flow that comes with social media and instant access. Though this interview was recorded a few weeks before the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the globe… many of the issues and topics Chandra and I explored resonate with what’s happening today - in particular navigating an onslaught of information; trying to figure out what’s true and whom to trust; and how the way information flows reveals truths about who we are as people.