Whether the public rallies to defend journalists can depend on whether audiences believe they deserve that support.
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Scrapping the Broadcasting Standards Authority raises big questions about industry self-regulation and media accountability in the digital age.
With AI slop and misinformation on the rise, research suggests New Zealanders may be turning back to mainstream news for reliability and accountability.
Research suggests falling trust in news is not directly related to falling trust in other public institutions. We need to address the news problem on its own terms.
When American readers follow local news, it can help reduce political polarization and also make them more likely to vote in local elections.
Previously plummeting levels of trust in the news seem to be stabilising. But this year’s Trust in News report also shows more people are avoiding the media in general.
The news industry has high hopes that the use of AI could lead to better journalism, but there is still a lot of work to be done in terms of figuring out how to use it ethically.
The local news crisis is more than a problem of shuttered newsrooms and laid-off journalists. It’s a democracy crisis. And public radio can help fix it. But it needs more money and staff to do that.
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Associate Professor, Co-Director of the Research Centre for Journalism, Media and Democracy, Auckland University of Technology
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, Auckland University of Technology
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Associate Professor, School of Professional Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor, Journalism, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Graduate Researcher, Explanatory Journalism Project, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Associate Professor, Purdue University
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Associate Professor in Media and Communication, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Assistant Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Iowa
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Assistant Professor - University of Alabama & Harvard BKC Faculty Associate, University of Alabama; California State University, San Bernardino; Harvard University
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Bradlee Professor of Government and the Press, Harvard Kennedy School
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PhD Student, Indiana University
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Adjunct Professor, RTA School of Media, Toronto Metropolitan University