Raising Good Humans S2 Ep 48: Cultivating Inquiry in Kids: News Not Noise With Award Winning Journalist Jessica Yellin
Mar 18, 2022
Jessica Yellin, award-winning journalist and founder of News Not Noise, explains how to teach kids to learn about the world with curiosity and care. She discusses balancing nuance with moral clarity. She explores emotion in news, ways to present scary stories without panic, and practical tips for checking sources and updating beliefs as information changes.
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Emotion Shapes Learning Capacity
- Emotional framing matters: outrage narrows cognition while a full emotional range supports learning.
- Aliza Pressman connects brain science to Yellin's approach, noting rage shuts down critical thinking.
Compassion Enables Action
- Outrage-driven news engagement narrows emotional response and blocks action.
- Jessica Yellin argues curiosity and compassion reconnect people to meaningful civic participation.
Give Trigger Warnings And Options
- Warn audiences before showing upsetting content and offer a choice to view it.
- Pair hard images with context and concrete ways people can help to avoid helplessness.
