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Our podcast: amplifying the voices of climate experts from around the world

In this episode, we look at a project to improve climate coverage by making scientists and experts from the Global South more accessible.

The press didn't notice Bolsonaro's strength. Here's what went wrong and how to fix it

Bolsonaro's attacks have created a challenging environment for journalists in Brazil. Three experts discuss what they can do to improve their coverage.

A media startup is helping local journalists use VR and AR to cover Syria

Frontline in Focus is centering the often neglected human side of stories from conflict zones.

Despite efforts to fight falsehoods, Brazil's tight election is threatened by dangerous lies

Fact-checkers, researchers and platforms have tried to fix a toxic environment. Their work has only scratched the surface of the problem.

Join our online seminar series from October to November 2022

Our Global Journalism Seminars feature speakers including Sevgil Musaieva, Hamid Mir, Natalia Viana and Carolina Guerrero.

Kenyan journalists just covered a tight election. Here's what colleagues in other countries can learn from them

As Italy, Brazil and Nigeria go through divisive campaigns, reporters, researchers and fact-checkers analyse how coverage in Kenya went.

Research

Digital News Report 2020

The world's largest news audience study, covering 40 markets, based on a survey of more than 80,000 digital news users

Even low news users say they are willing to take preventive measures on COVID-19

In this Reuters Institute's factsheet we examine associations between people’s news use and trust in government information, and their self-reported willingness to take a number of preventive measures to combat the pandemic in the UK, based on a survey fielded

Digital News Report 2020: resumen ejecutivo y hallazgos clave

Lee lo esencial en español del informe más completo sobre consumo de noticias en todo el mundo.

Trust in UK government and news media COVID-19 information down, concerns over misinformation from government up

In this Reuters Institute's factsheet we examine people’s attitudes towards how news organisations, government and other institutions are responding to the pandemic in the UK, based on a survey fielded on 21-27 May.

UK public polarised on news coverage of government response and concern over misinformation

Second factsheet from the UK COVID-19 news and information project

News media broadly trusted, views of UK government response to COVID-19 highly polarised

The first factsheet from the UK COVID-19 news and information project examines people’s attitudes towards how news organisations, government and other institutions are responding to the coronavirus pandemic.

Events

Ethiopian elections: what to expect in Addis

The perils of parachute journalism in Myanmar