Jodie is founder of the News Literacy Lab, author of “You Are What You Read: why changing your media diet can change the world” and of children’s book, “Little Ruffle and The World Beyond“.

Over the past decade, Jodie has researched the damaging impact of the negativity bias in the news on our individual and collective mental health, as well as promoting the impact of solutions-focused journalism.

To get in touch with Jodie or find the content we discuss in the show:
– Jodie’s Website
– Jodie’s Book
– Jodie’s TEDX Talk
– Future Crunch Newsletter

Podcast Chapters:
0.00 – Intro
00.57 – What Is News Literacy?
2.10 – How Did You End Up in this Field?
5.14 – The Effect of News on Mental Health
12.22 – Conscious Engagement
19.43 – Progress in the World
25.37 – Problems and the Solutions
31.57 – Active Coping and Hope
37.20 – Identifying Fake News
40.23 – Construct Your Own News
42.12 – News Literacy with Children
44.29 – One Tactic You Recommend to the Audience
46.16 – Outro and Takeaways