Videos & Podcasts
The XJO Podcast
Episode #1: Virtual Healthcare Access
Sama Nemat Allah speaks with researcher Hanako Smith about how explanatory journalism can help the public access virtual healthcare.
Episode #2: The Potential of Explanatory Journalism
Sama Nemat Allah sits down with research project leader Sibo Chen to talk about the character and potential of explanatory journalism, in the classroom and in the world.
Episode #3: Amplifying Research Beyond Academia
Sama Nemat Allah talks with project manager Stuart Duncan about how explanatory journalism can amplify quality-research beyond academia, and how analyzing discussions on social media can lead to new research methods.
Episode #4: News Coverage of BIPOC Communities
Juliana Pandurevic talks with emerging graduate researcher Sara Esayas about her work on the portrayal of racialized groups in print news media. They also discuss how explanatory journalism can fill in the gaps when it comes to news coverage of BIPOC communities.
Episode #5: Public Service Media in Polarized Societies
Macenzie Rebelo speaks with XJO project researcher and leader Dr. Charles Davis about the challenges public service media face in polarized societies, and the value public service media provide in a rapidly changing world.
Episode #6: Neural Networks for Detecting Misinformation
Macenzie Rebelo speaks with XJO project researcher and leader Dr. Robert Clapperton about neural networks and how they detect misinformation in the current media landscape.
Episode #7: Crisis Communication in Education During the Pandemic
Macenzie Rebelo speaks with XJO project leader and researcher Sibo Chen about teaching crisis-communication as the pandemic unfolded, and how Conversation articles were used to help students understand complex issues.
Research Explanatory Journalism: A Series of Conversations
Members of the XJO team discuss their research from the past year, finding similarities in their approaches to understanding explanatory journalism. Researchers are paired off in three thematic conversations, discussing their main theoretical frameworks, methodological pandemic protocols, and what they are most excited about in regards to returning to post-pandemic research.
Behind the Numbers of Explanatory Journalism
Join Bob Clapperton, Charles Davis and Catherine Schryer for an enlightening discussion about the manifestations of machine learning on audience and content analysis in explanatory journalism. Don’t know what explanatory journalism is? Don’t worry, they cover that too!
Explanatory Journalism and Science Communication
Journalism immerses us in numbers and statistics, but do we always understand them? Find out what Jessica Mudry and John Shiga have to say about knowledge translation as it relates to numerical literacy in explanatory journalism.
Explanatory Journalism and Science Communication
Journalism immerses us in numbers and statistics, but do we always understand them? Find out what Jessica Mudry and John Shiga have to say about knowledge translation as it relates to numerical literacy in explanatory journalism.
Alternative Media and Framing Technology
Sibo Chen and Frauke Zeller discuss their research on explanatory journalism, zeroing in on the unique methodologies they used. The conversation leads to thoughtful discussion about the challenges and opportunities of knowledge mobilization.
The Explanatory Journalism Project is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.