Overview and key findings of the 2025 Digital News Report

This year’s report comes at a time of deep political and economic uncertainty, changing geo-…

Walking the notification tightrope: How to engage audiences while avoiding overload

As publishers look to reduce their dependence on platforms, many are increasingly looking at ways…

The changing landscape for news podcasts across countries

News brands have, in recent years, leaned into podcasts – and they aren’t alone. Both Donald Trump…

How audiences think about news personalisation in the AI era

As newsrooms continue to experiment with AI technologies, many are setting their sights on tools to…

Local news: How publishers can still provide value in a platform world

People often lament that, while local news often represents the best of what news can and should be…

How the public checks information it thinks might be wrong

More than half the public across the markets we cover say they are concerned about what is real and…

Authors and acknowledgements

About the editors and authors Dr Neil Thurman is a Professor of Communication in the Department…

UK journalists in the 2020s: Executive summary

This report is based on a survey conducted between September and November 2023 with a…

11. Surveying a representative sample of UK journalists: Methodology

This report is based mainly on an online survey carried out between 27 September and 30 November…

10. UK journalists’ views on ethics and the acceptability of ethically questionable reporting practices

10.1 Introduction Perceptions about what constitutes ethical behaviour on the job are a core…

9. How UK journalists perceive their roles in society

During a 2024 edition of the BBC podcast When it Hits the Fan, the journalist and presenter Amol…

8. Examining journalists’ epistemological beliefs: What do UK journalists believe about truth, objectivity, and interpretation?

8.1 Introduction We all have beliefs, explicit or not, about how we know things are true. These…