On Conspiracy Theories
with Anna Merlan, journalist and author of Republic of Lies
The Stories We Trust Shape Us
Youth-produced media exploring misinformation and the questions shaping our community.
What can we trust?
How is technology changing what we believe?
What are adults missing?
Watch
See the week in action
Be Loud Studios worked with 17 youth for five days of listening, questioning, recording, and creating about how misinformation impacts their lives.
Stories
Personal narratives
Every piece here was written, recorded and produced by a New Orleans high school student.
Gallery
Inside the week
Writing, interviewing, recording, editing — five days in the studio and out in the city.
What youth said about this week“When you have a problem with overthinking, false information can mess with your mental health and cause you to fall into thinking traps.”
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Interviews
Community interviews
Students sat down with the people doing the work — organizers, teachers, reporters, neighbors — and asked them what misinformation costs a community.
On Health Misinformationwith Isis Casanova, Communications Director for the City of New Orleans
On Teen Mental Healthwith Christine LeGuizamo, School Social Worker
Reels
Follow us hereMade for the Scroll
Could You Live Off Minimum Wage?
Could Misinformation Ever Be a Good Thing?
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Curriculum
Curriculum
Here you will find a flexible and adaptive curriculum designed to bring the Loud Stories project into your classroom. The hope is that your students will listen and interact with the recorded youth narratives, collaborate in meaningful discussions about the impact of misinformation in their communities, and record and share their own recorded responses as a way of continuing the conversation.
Multiple approaches and options have been provided for each of the activities with the hope of teachers like you fully customizing the experience to meet the individual needs and goals of their classrooms.
Coming soon
Impactunderstand how misinformation affects their community understand how misinformation affects their community say hearing stories helped them see the issue from a new perspective say hearing stories helped them see the issue from a new perspective believe their voice matters believe their voice matters feel safe and confident sharing their story feel safe and confident sharing their story feel motivated to take positive action on misinformation feel motivated to take positive action on misinformation feel confident expressing themselves feel confident expressing themselves
What happens when you listen
Measured with young people before and after the program. In just one week, youth got more confident on and off the mic to tell their story.
94.4%After the program
94.4%After the program
94.4%After the program
Before71.4%
After88.9%
Before78.6%
After83.3%
Before64.3%
After88.9%
Learn more about Be Loud
Loud Stories is made by Be Loud Studios in New Orleans.