From support groups, to survivor stories, to online obituaries, grief is a common topic online and on social media.  KMOX Virtual Consumer Editor and Media Literacy expert and author Julie Smith talk with Dr. Jocelyn DeGroot, Professor and Assistant Chair in the Department of Applied Communication Studies at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville about grieving online.

$44B at stake in Elon Musk's bid to buy Twitter.  The on-again, off-again deal is being played out in court and on the social media platform itself.  KMOX Virtual Consumer Editor and Media Literacy expert Julie Smith get insight and perspective from Bloomberg Reporter Kurt Wagner.  

Digital analytics give media companies a direct lens into the behaviors of everyone who logs on.  Audacy-St. Louis General Sales Manager Rob Kramer tells KMOX's Megan Lynch and Media Literacy Author Julie Smith, that means broadcasters can have a very narrow focus when they need to target listeners.

You saw what Uncle Joe posted this year on social media. Now you have to see him at the holidays. Do you confront him about misinformation?  Author Julie Smith has some advice.

That DM could be from a debt collector.  Author Julie Smith tells you what to look for.

You have many content curators to choose from.  Do they really help you get the best rundown of the day's news?

Find out why advertisers turned to podcasts during the pandemic to spread their messages.

A preliminary study suggests not all information presented in political podcasts is accurate.  

After two decades in TV news, Marc Cox is now a successful conservative radio host. Why this “baby of the Reagan revolution” left journalism, what he loves about talk radio and why he tells his listeners – don’t you dare just use my show as your only source of information.  Megan Lynch and Julie Smith host, as they continue to pull back the curtain on the media in Season 2.