Trust In News

News

“Alarm bells are ringing in my brain” - Our Digital News Report India launch panel on low trust and shifts in news habits

A summary of a conversation with Indian newsroom leaders Dhanya Rajendran, Pradeep Gairola, and Sannuta Raghu.

Our Summer Showcase 2026: Vital lessons from our Journalist Fellows on ethics, engagement, innovation and trust

Our outgoing global cohort presented findings from their projects on fact-checking, climate coverage, war reporting, OSINT, side-hustles and much more at an exclusive event in London

“Your business strategy has to be based on quality” – Our Digital News Report Africa launch panel on surviving new challenges

A summary of a conversation with David Adeleke, Queenter Mbori and Adriaan Basson

“Impartiality and personality are not opposites” – Our Digital News Report US launch panel on tackling the coming changes

A summary of a conversation with Mukul Devichand, Swati Sharma, Sally Buzbee, Miki Toliver King and Ryan Merkley

Our podcast: Digital News Report 2026: What you need to know

In this episode we explore how people are consume news in 2026, the role of platforms, levels of trust and interest, AI chatbots, news influencers and more.

La comunidad primero: así sirven estos medios a las audiencias más pobres

Cuatro expertos de Venezuela, Indonesia, Reino Unido y EEUU explican cómo llegar a audiencias a las que muchos medios no prestan atención.

Research

Periodismo, medios y tecnología: tendencias y predicciones para 2026

Nuestra encuesta anual de cientos líderes de medios explora sus prioridades para este año y los muchos desafíos que afrontan.

A new vocabulary for journalism’s growing problem with expertise

Our Norwegian Journalist Fellow Jon Kåre Time unpacks the complex relationship journalists have with experts and scientists.

Reframing the value proposition of news for the AI age

Journalist Jazmín Acuña from Paraguay unpacks the challenges and opportunities of a change-centric approach for new audiences.

Key AI concepts to grasp in a new hybrid journalism era: transparency, autonomy, and authorship

When we bring generative AI into the news production cycle, we must grapple with a new understanding of autonomy and authorship, argues Austrian fellow Katja Schell.

Climate change and news audiences report 2024: Analysis of news use and attitudes in eight countries

The report shows a stagnation in public views on and engagement with climate issues and information over time, despite the growing urgency of the crisis.

What do people want? Views on platforms and the digital public sphere in eight countries

Our research explores how people use platforms for news and information about politics, while also remaining sceptical of the information they see there.

Digital News Report

Explore more than a decade of survey data across markets

How the public checks information it thinks might be wrong

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Perspectivas del público sobre la confianza en las noticias

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Public perspectives on trust in news

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How we ask about trust in news brands

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Overview and key findings of the 2023 Digital News Report

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Events

Three years, eight countries: How climate news shapes public views

Seven takeaways from the event on our report on how audiences follow climate change

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Digital News Report 2021 launch events

A series of regionally-focused launch events featuring journalists from across Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, India, Latin America and the US.