{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Foverloaded-understanding-neglect.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fchanging-the-story-tudKc9nD","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Changing the Story","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/573d7c60-e83d-4efe-aa78-3ad20853f7aa/7fd2c941-f13f-4fa3-ba40-ad939c5fb261/ps4-20cover-20and-20headshot-20.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"Spring 2020. The world shut down. Schools closed. Families sheltered in place. And a narrative began to spread through newsrooms across the country. Children were unsafe at home. Without teachers watching, without mandatory reporters, abuse would become invisible. It was a narrative born of genuine concern. \nBut it was also \"an alarmist media narrative.\" And it was doing harm.\nBut what happens when the people who know better — child welfare experts, advocates, people with lived experience — decide they're not going to let that narrative stand?\nWhat happens when they don't just push back, but build something new? And what happens when they track, measure, and actually change how the media tells stories about families?\nThis is Episode 11: Changing the Story.\nToday, we're exploring how journalism and media both create and challenge narratives. How a network of experts and advocates came together to confront harmful media narratives about children and families. How they built strategies that actually work. And how counter-narratives aren't just responses, they're architecture.\n"}