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Trusting News project expands research and training through University of Georgia partnership
October 11, 2018
Trusting News, a project intended to empower journalists to earn consumers’ trust, is adding research and training support from a partnership with the University of Georgia Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication.Read more...
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At Trusting News, we’re eager to see more than 350 editorials planned for today as part of an effort started by The Boston Globe to fight back against Trump’s “dirty war against the free press.”
Journalists: Defend your work through action, not just with editorials
August 16, 2018 -
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At the Fort Collins Coloradoan, we’ve been a Trusting News partner for three years, where we’ve focused on several strategies — from labeling our stories, to showing our personality, to explaining how we are different from “the media” as an overall entity.
Don’t be afraid to tell your readers your journalism is valuable
August 15, 2018 -
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As newsrooms have joined the Trusting News work, we’ve asked them to think about how they might introduce the work to their audiences and how those audiences might be invited to weigh in.
Earning trust by inviting questions … and answering them
January 22, 2018 -
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More than 30 newsrooms are making an investment in discovering how best to demonstrate credibility and earn trust by coming on board the Trusting News project.
Newsrooms join Trusting News work
January 8, 2018 -
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A 2016 Gallup poll revealed that just 32 percent of Americans say they have “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of trust in mass media.
Journalists, let’s invest in trust, not just expect it
November 17, 2017
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RJI in the news
With President Trump’s continuous attacks on the media, and a number of news organizations struggling to stay financially afloat, a need to better understand the public’s perception of news and their willingness to pay for it has emerged.
Why the Trusting News Project is aiming to better understand public trust in journalism
October 10, 2017 -
Trusting News project receives $100,000 grant from Knight Foundation
Joy Mayer is leading research on how news consumers decide what to trust, developing strategies to address that behavior and training journalists to demonstrate their credibility.
September 25, 2017 -
RJI in the news
Seventy percent of respondents to a new survey conducted by 28 newsrooms said they financially support one or more news organization, according to a new report from the Reynolds Journalism Institute's Trusting News Project.
Poynter: 28 newsrooms asked their audiences if they pay for the news. 70 percent said yes.
July 28, 2017
Donald W. Reynolds