The Yarn

The Yarn is a podcast showcasing work from The Centre for Advancing Journalism at the University of Melbourne. It features original reporting by students, content from The Citizen publication, as well as talks and events held by the Centre.

The Yarn is a education podcast hosted by Centre for Advancing Journalism, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Centre for Advancing Journalism hosts The Yarn, a education show with 100 episodes published.

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  Episode #147

  The Hereafter

  Sep 16, 202625 minS1

  In this episode of The Yarn, everybody is trying to stay in touch with somebody who has died. A family who turned their house into a hospital, a granddaughter burning money for her grandfather, a woman who says the dead can be booked by the hour, and a stargazer chasing light from stars that no longer exist.  Stories by Isaure Duruy, Ruiying Tang, Olivia Wright and Jiali Hong. Hosted by Preeshita Shah.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #146

  Craig Silverman: Industrialised Deception and the Truth Crisis

  Sep 11, 202643 minS1

  In this episode, we're joined by Craig Silverman, one of the world's leading experts on online disinformation, who says the era of tech companies funding fact-checking is over.  Craig has spent more than two decades reporting on how our information environment gets manipulated, from a blog tracking newspaper corrections in 2004, to investigations into the digital environment for BuzzFeed News and ProPublica. He now runs Indicator, a small independent newsroom investigating digital deception. We talk about the liar's dividend, why only using detection tools won't save journalists, and why investigative journalism may not necessarily be the best journalism.  Craig Silverman in conversation with the Centre for Advancing Journalism's cadet Preeshita Shah and lecturers Mell Chun and Silvia Montaño-Niño.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #145

  Firsts: Breaking Ground

  Sep 8, 202620 minS1

  In this episode of The Yarn, we meet people who broke new ground without setting out to. The team behind Victoria's first golden kelp restoration project, a sailor who raced a yacht through the roughest water on the planet, and the first woman on the fireground in her region.  Stories by Theoné van der Merwe, Bea Chirnside and Eamon Leggett. Hosted by Preeshita Shah.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #140

  Somebody's Watching: Love, & Other Survillance

  Aug 13, 202623 minS1

  This is the second episode in our three-part series, Somebody's Watching - and it's about Love, and Other Surveillance. In this episode, nobody is performing. But they're being watched anyway. And some of the watching arrives dressed as love, fear, or judgement. Sometimes, a chaotic blend of all. We meet a woman who was outed by a photograph, we step into a self-defence class where women practise watching back, and we are introduced to a mother who can tell you what time her daughter woke up from an ocean away. We also see what it feels like when the watching stops. Stories by Xue Xue, Mercy Cornwell, Fan Chu and Xinnan Wang. Hosted by Preeshita Shah.   Music credits: In Xue Xue's story, music was from Pixabay Music, used under the Pixabay Content Licence. In Mercy Cornwell's story, music was from the Free Music Archive, by artists Jake Hunter, Soularflair, and the Independent Music Licensing Collective. In Xinnan Wang's story, music was from Purple Planet.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  Episode #139

  Somebody's Watching: Screentime!

  Jul 31, 202624 minS1

  This is the first episode in our new three-part series, Somebody's Watching - and it’s about Screentime.  In this episode, we meet people who perform for the screen. But in the economy of attention, both performers and watchers are being surveilled.  We meet a streamer who games in front of thousands, we visit a cafe built on viral dessert pastry stuffed with pistachio and wrapped in marshmallow, and we are introduced a cat who has learned to high five for the camera.  We also are shown how we can be seduced into loving this surveillance, by a decade of our own data, gift-wrapped and handed back to us.  Stories by Hope Kloppenburg, Yuyao Zhao, Megan Nicole Yin and Siena Kinkela.  Hosted by Preeshita Shah. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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