EXCLUSIVE: British docs presenter Stacey Dooley and comedian Michael Odewale are among the talent attached to a pair of news-themed podcasts for the UK’s Channel 4 .

Dooley is teaming up with British journalist and doc maker Ben Zand on Untangled , while the comics behind Channel 4 comedy YouTube channel A Comedy Thing are fronting A News Thing .

Both are designed to promote fact-checked journalism and are aimed at younger audiences. They were commissioned following the January publication of Channel 4 study ‘Gen Z: Trends, Truth and Trust,’ which highlighted the scale of the challenges facing Gen Z in sourcing trusted news. The reported included the revelation that young people have more confidence in social media posts from friends than established journalism.

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