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New Wyncote Foundation report highlights local media innovation
New Wyncote Foundation report highlights local media innovation
Examples show ways local media is reaching out to and reporting on local communities, with local support
Sarah Lutman
Feb 19, 2019
Let’s gather around the “digital hearth
Let’s gather around the “digital hearth
How Cortico and MIT are using technology to foster community conversations in an age of polarization
cortico
Nov 9, 2018
From the Field: Colorado’s Local News Ecosystem is at a Crossroads
From the Field: Colorado’s Local News Ecosystem is at a Crossroads
This summer, prompted by the decade-long decline of Colorado’s newspaper industry (which boiled to the surface in April with a national…
Melissa Milios Davis
Oct 9, 2018
What I wish everyone who cared about local news knew about local news
What I wish everyone who cared about local news knew about local news
Lately, conversations about the future of news have happily expanded. Rather than talking mostly about rebuilding trust, we are now also…
Elizabeth Green
Sep 25, 2018
Taking steps to restoring the public’s trust in media
Taking steps to restoring the public’s trust in media
Knight commissioners, experts discuss ideas for needed change
Elizabeth Tilis
Sep 20, 2018
How to hold platforms accountable without heavy regulation
How to hold platforms accountable without heavy regulation
Or, what is an “information fiduciary,” and how can it build trust?
Nancy Watzman
Sep 19, 2018
Can public funding for local news increase trust in media?
Can public funding for local news increase trust in media?
Experiments aim to increase public oversight and community participation in local news
Joe Amditis
Sep 11, 2018
For online media literacy that works, speed and ease matters
For online media literacy that works, speed and ease matters
Hygiene checks of online info can be as simple & automatic as hand washing & seatbelt wearing
Mike Caulfield
Aug 30, 2018
How local news outlets can build an online audience
How local news outlets can build an online audience
Winning strategies from our cohort of national, single subject outlets
Emily Roseman
Jul 24, 2018
Highlights from Medium’s “Trust Issues”
Highlights from Medium’s “Trust Issues”
From Medium’s monthly magazine, thoughts on decline of trust and what to do about it
Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy
Jul 22, 2018
Complicating the Narratives
Complicating the Narratives
What if journalists covered controversial issues differently — based on how humans actually behave when they are polarized and suspicious?
Amanda Ripley
Jun 27, 2018
2017 Was a Record Breaking Year for Giving to Nonprofit News, Here is Why
2017 Was a Record Breaking Year for Giving to Nonprofit News, Here is Why
NewsMatch Brought More Dollars to More Places to Support More Trustworthy Journalism
Josh Stearns
Jun 28, 2018
Media bias Is driving distrust in our communities
Media bias Is driving distrust in our communities
Wisconsin’s Robin Vos speaks passionately about need to reach out across differences
The Aspen Institute
Jun 13, 2018
Six or Seven Things Social Media Can Do For Democracy
Six or Seven Things Social Media Can Do For Democracy
Ethan Zuckerman
May 30, 2018
Trust local
Trust local
Small, rural media have something big to tell us.
Tim Marema
May 17, 2018
Science’s trust problem
Science’s trust problem
Science, like the media, seeks to reset relations with the public
Science & the Media
May 15, 2018
New wave local news
New wave local news
There’s plenty of reason for hope and more than enough money to make this work.
Chris Horne
Apr 30, 2018
We are not winning
We are not winning
Why my love affair with tech is waning
dana coester
May 3, 2018
In addressing trust in news, we’ll do better if we start by listening
In addressing trust in news, we’ll do better if we start by listening
The Tennessean’s work to listen to alienated and neglected audiences shows how to start
Kevin Loker
Apr 23, 2018
What national reporters can learn from Indiana’s Banner-Graphic
What national reporters can learn from Indiana’s Banner-Graphic
To earn trust, spend time in the community & don’t pull punches
Miranda Spivack
Apr 23, 2018
Why the military is universally admired
Why the military is universally admired
Hint: values of honesty, integrity, accountability, innovation, and self-sacrifice
Christopher David Yung
Apr 19, 2018
Trust & the Media: For Black People, the “Free Press” Has Never Really Been Free
Trust & the Media: For Black People, the “Free Press” Has Never Really Been Free
By Sara Lomax-Reese | President and CEO — WURD Radio | @onWURD
WURD Radio
Apr 11, 2018
Four problems for news and democracy
Four problems for news and democracy
Here are some “buckets” for making sense of why: addiction, economics, bad actors and known bugs
Ethan Zuckerman
Apr 1, 2018
Why we lie to ourselves and others about misinformation
Why we lie to ourselves and others about misinformation
Or, why we underreport our spread of misinformation — just as we do about other behaviors like smoking, drinking, and unprotected sex
Brian Southwell
Mar 28, 2018
Zuckerberg-Chan To Do List
Zuckerberg-Chan To Do List
In a single day, Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan can turn everything around.
Eric Newton
Mar 26, 2018
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