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to on a regular basis. and we find that when we do live events, a lot of the audience comes up to our hosts and treats them like friends, like they already know them. and we have to sort of remind ourtalent, our hosts, that, you know, to expect this. and it'sjust one of those quirks that, in part, i think it's the nature of the way you listen to the shows. here's a quote to start us off. it's from an annual report on digital news from the reuters institute for the study ofjournalism. it came out on monday and describes news podcasting as, "a bright spot for publishers, which attracts...

Because on the biggest trends in americanjournalism has been news avoidance, people are tired, fatigued and burnt out where to find ways to reach them in new ways into new places and can opposed to it, that's up in question can they hire the right people, we will find out but it is an audacious experience to reach all those people who do not turn into the news any more. did they follow _ turn into the news any more. did they follow us because look at the new york times, that parish, they been doing the multimedia stuff for some time. the been doing the multimedia stuff for some time. ,.,, , , ...

With more than two-thirds of Australians actively avoiding the news because it brings them down, Piia Wirsu explains why the ABC has created a new podcast with the sole purpose of making you feel good. 

Sometimes, it seems, today's news is just too much to handle at the moment.

Episode 1 - News Avoidance and Why It Matters / Episode 2 - What Happened to Local News?