News Not Noise
I’m Jessica Yellin, the founder of News Not Noise. For years, I worked in network news at ABC, MSNBC, and CNN, where I was the Chief White House Correspondent. I’ve reported from around the world and won awards.
The more years I got under my belt as a reporter, the more I became convinced that the news doesn't speak to a large part of the audience.
In the summer of 2018, I did something different. The midterm elections were approaching and friends asked me to explain what the heck was happening in the political cycle.
So, I picked up my phone and began posting short, daily explainer videos on Instagram. What started with me and a ring light is now a small team, dedicated to giving you news in a different voice. We aim to provide facts, not panic attacks. We interview real experts — not pundits.
My goal is to provide the understanding you need to engage in the conversation and take action in the world.
Traffic: Ben Smith On How The Media Got Hooked On Traffic
Paulina Porizkova on Vulnerability, Beauty and Social Media
Washington Divided: Power, Politics and What Comes Next
No Red Wave: Making Sense of the Midterms
Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Delivering Results
What's Going On In The Housing Market, with Zillow's Skylar Olsen
Big Tech, The Middle Class and America “Adrift” with Scott Galloway
Understanding Crypto, Blockchain and NFTs with Brit Morin
The New Archetype of Women CEOs
The “Weird” Economy, Explained
The Dobbs Voter: Will Abortion Move Voters?
Isn’t it Time for Male Birth Control?
Student Loan Forgiveness
Public Image And Women Who Don’t Conform
Rescuing Our Schools
Monkeypox, Polio, Covid Oh My!
What We Do and Don’t Know About Depression
Women’s Health Care: Threats And Realities
Don’t Say Gay Laws in Florida and Beyond
What We’ve Learned From The Jan 6th Hearings
Reproductive Rights Now: What’s Changed?
The Court’s Abortion Ruling, Explained
Jan. 6 Hearings and Criminal Charges
Instagram, Kids and Mental Health
Gun Reform: How We Got Here, What You Can Do
Speeches that Could have Changed History with Jeffrey Nussbaum
Putin, NATO and Brittney Griner with Ian Bremmer
The Mainstreaming of Hate with ADL’s Jonathan Greenblatt
How We Spend with Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
America After Roe
Digital Community with Friends with Benefit’s Alex Zhang
Beyond the podium
Sanctioning Russia’s banks, oil and superyachts
Preparing for a financial storm
How to help Ukraine
Why Putin didn’t invade under Trump with Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch
How to talk to kids about war (and other difficult topics) with Dr. Aliza Pressman
Putin under pressure with Fiona Hill
The Russia Ukraine endgame with Evelyn Farkas
Is privacy possible? Washington Post tech reporter, Heather Kelly
Rekindling the human spirit with Agapi Stassinopoulos
What Putin Wants: A conversation with Anne Applebaum
The raging 2020s with Alec Ross
What is long Covid?
Russia and Ukraine on the brink with Ian Bremmer
Making remote work, work with Harvard Business Professor Tsedal Neeley
Reclaiming creativity in a too-busy world with Eve Rodsky
Your Omicron questions answered with Dr. Darien Sutton
How to live longer and better with Dan Buettner
New Year, Who Dis? Real talk about resolutions with Gretchen Rubin
Skid row stylist Shirley Raines brings the eyelashes, the masks, and the love
Everything you wanted to know about pronouns but were afraid to ask
Abortion rights under fire with Hillary Schneller
Ending gun violence in America’s schools
All about Omicron with Dr. Ashish Jha
Sometimes vegan, never shaming with Jessica Seinfeld
Self care without selfishness with Shelly Tygielski
How to travel this holiday season, with The Points Guy
It's time to get dressed again, with celebrity stylist Karla Welch
What you need to know about inflation with Austan Goolsbee
Contempt and Consequences: What’s Next for Steve Bannon?
Tara Brach - Practical tools to manage anxiety and the news in a stressful world
Dr. Darien Sutton - Busting COVID myths: Answers to your questions
Peter Bergen - What's changed since 9/11?
Our future with the Delta variant with Dr. Jeremy Faust
Paul Hawken - Ending the climate crisis in one generation