How 2021 changed journalism
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Explore the Digital News Report 2021
This year's report offers new insights about digital news consumption and reveals how COVID-19 has transformed the news industry around the world. It is based on a YouGov survey of more than 92,000 online news consumers in 46 markets, including India, Indonesia, Thailand, Nigeria, Colombia and Peru for the first time.
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Perceptions of fairness in news coverage
By Richard Fletcher
Impartiality unpacked: a study of four countries
By Craig T. Robertson
Local news unbundled: where audience value still lies
By Anne Schulz
How do people think about the financing of the commercial news media?
By Richard Fletcher and Rasmus Nielsen
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As the industry changes, we track the ever-shifting trends, aiming to connect rigorous academic research with the practical experiences of professional journalists, media managers and policy-makers
Changing Newsrooms 2021: read our report
This report, authored by Federica Cherubini, Nic Newman and Rasmus Nielsen, explores the shift to hybrid work in the context of ongoing challenges around attracting talent and increasing diversity in the industry. It is based on a survey of a strategic sample of 132 news leaders from 42 countries.
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