Pull Quotes – S8E1 – Who Gets Believed?

Why do certain voices keep appearing in the news? Episode Description In journalism, expertise is often presented as something simple: a title, a degree, an institutional affiliation. But behind every expert quote is a series of decisions. Who answers the phone. Who can explain something quickly. Who producers and reporters already know. In this episode of Pull Quotes, Mark Henick explores how experts actually end up in the news, and why the voices we hear most often may not always be the ones closest to the problem. Frontline physician Dr. Naheed Dosani explains how healthcare coverage can miss the lived realities of people navigating the system. Emergency nurse and health equity advocate Amie Archibald-Varley examines how hierarchy inside medicine shapes whose knowledge is treated as authoritative. And health reporter Kelly Grant and CBC producer Colleen Ross explain the practical realities reporters face when trying to find credible sources under deadline pressure. The result is a system where credibility can grow through familiarity. Over time, the same experts are quoted again and again. And it’s not necessarily because they are the only experts, but because they are the ones journalists know how to reach. This is part one of a two-part episode. In part two, we’ll explore what happens after those expert voices reach the public, and how audiences decide whether to trust them. Read the transcript Music Credits “Into the Unknown” by Jonathan Grow via Retrorama APM About Pull Quotes Pull Quotes explores how journalism works behind the scenes, from the way stories are framed to the voices that shape public understanding. Hosted by Mark Henick and Dylan Kulcher. Podcast art by Matthew Konhauser The post Pull Quotes – S8E1 – Who Gets Believed? first appeared on The Review of Journalism.