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Building trust in the newsroom: Trying to keep up with the digital pace of change

How can newsrooms re-establish journalism as a trustworthy profession, worthy of their audiences' attention? A number of editors and researchers tackled that question in an opening session today at the World News Media Congress in Glasgow.

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WAN-IFRA External Contributor

Date

2019-06-01 19:50

Tackling disinformation around the world: a new policy report

This report offers an overview across the global landscape of the remedies adopted by governments whose objective is to combat the disinformation crisis, but with extremely diverse intent and effects.

Author

Elena Perotti

Date

2019-05-03 16:42

Indian media fights fake news in run up to Lok Sabha elections

India became a breeding ground for the spread of fake news in May 2017, when seven men were lynched in Jharkhand following rumours of a gang kidnapping of children. The police said they had not registered a single case of kidnapping. The men were killed over a rumour.

Author

Neha Gupta

Date

2019-02-01 18:59

Getting to grips with challenges facing niche reporters

In 2019, specialist reporters will face an added responsibility in upholding trust and standards, writes Fergus Bell in an excerpt from a new report, Science in the Newsroom.

Author

Fergus Bell

Date

2019-01-09 18:06

Maria Ressa on Facebook, Truth and the Crisis of Democracy

In a new missive, Brave New World with Maria Ressa, the 2018 Golden Pen of Freedom Laureate, looks at how cheap armies on social media are rolling back democracy globally. She offers insight into recent events, in the Philippines and worldwide, that are affecting the fight for truth and accountability.

Author

WAN-IFRA External Contributor

Date

2018-07-31 11:21

Preserving journalism's legacy

As journalism faces numerous threats – from declining trust to the spread of disinformation – the battle needs to be intensified for humanity ahead to inherit a trusted legacy, Guy Berger, UNESCO’s Director for Freedom of Expression and Media Development, told attendees at WAN-IFRA’s World News Media Congress in Durban, South Africa, earlier this month.

Author

WAN-IFRA External Contributor

Date

2017-06-28 09:14

Trends in Newsrooms 5: Joining forces to fight disinformation

The journalism industry’s fight against disinformation has given rise to various collaborative fact-checking projects involving scores of newsrooms in multiple countries.

Author

Simone Flueckiger

Date

2017-06-08 14:44

Lessons from collaborative fact-checking projects

The journalism industry’s fight against disinformation has given rise to various collaborative fact-checking projects involving scores of newsrooms in multiple countries.

Author

Simone Flueckiger

Date

2017-06-08 13:18

World’s Press Calls on President Trump to Stop Targeting Media

International media leaders have signalled their deep concern with the US administration’s persistent attacks on the press by calling on US President Donald Trump to halt his ‘fake news’ accusations and to ensure White House briefings remain accessible to all media.

Author

Andrew Heslop

Date

2017-03-27 15:01

Report: US media polarisation caused by “propaganda and disinformation” rather than “fake news”

A new research reveals that the far-right US news media is becoming an increasingly insulated ecosystem, largely circumventing traditional media.

Author

Teemu Henriksson

Date

2017-03-07 16:27

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