280 · Tier 5 — High-leverage niche and emerging figures
Jessica Yellin
Founder and host, News Not Noise
AI position
No x-risk mention
No findable engagement with AI existential-risk topics or figures.
Why influential
Builds a direct, recurring relationship with audiences through long-form or personality-led media; guests and clips can quickly alter candidate incentives and issue salience. Primary policy lanes: national politics; health; elections; policy explainers.
Who pays attention
Professional women, Democratic campaigns, health organizations, policy explainers and mainstream news audiences
Work samples
- Read This, Then Touch Grass
Jan 1, 2025 · newsletter
Newsletter touching on low-quality AI content and media consumption; exact AI content unverified beyond title/search snippet.
- Fighting for Truth in a Rage-Driven Algorithmic Age with Jessica Yellin
Jun 1, 2025 · podcast
Yellin as guest discussing algorithmic media environment, not AI-world interaction.
- Jessica Yellin - Founder of News Not Noise
Jan 1, 2025 · podcast
Interview about building News Not Noise as independent media brand; touches on adapting to AI but not with an AI-world guest.
- Big Tech, The Middle Class and America 'Adrift' with Scott Galloway
Oct 19, 2022 · podcast
Older News Not Noise episode; Scott Galloway is a business/media commentator, not an AI-world figure.
AI-world contacts
Tech-side people they have hosted, quoted, covered, or engaged — collected by the research pass. None documented yet: this is the white space.