How Comedy Helps Audiences Build Deeper Understanding of the News

How Comedy Helps Audiences Build Deeper Understanding of the News is an online professional development masterclass hosted by News Creator Corps on December 10, 2025, at 6:00 PM with Josh Burstein, an Emmy-winning video journalist, digital strategist, climate activist, and comedian-ist. Building on decades of late night TV delivering news through comedy, this highly interactive workshop shows how basic improv and standup tactics fit into anyone’s writing or performing style, leaving participants with a strong understanding of how comedy can be employed differently in monologues, man on the street videos, explainers, and sketches. Designed for content creators, journalists, community messengers, and anyone providing information to a community, the virtual class encourages participants to bring a concept or news story to workshop live with Josh and fellow attendees.

Hosted with: Psychedelic Writers Guild