Congratulations to these 11 journalists who will work alongside Trusting News to better understand and address news avoidance
Meet the cohort of newsrooms working to confront news avoidance
Eleven news organizations are joining a cohort assembled by Trusting News to understand and address news avoidance. Through the Confronting News Avoidance program, newsrooms will work to learn more about people’s perceptions of and relationship to the news and then develop strategies to respond.
Congratulations to these journalists and newsrooms!
- Patricia Dwyer-Morgan, HC Broadcasting
- Cat DeLaura, Austin Daily
- Drew Himmelstein, Islandport Media
- Bradly Gill, WEHCO Media
- Matt Dempsey, Spotlight PA
- Kira Hoffelmeyer, KSL NewsRadio
- Annelise Pierce, Shasta Scout
- Danielle Rindler, Hearst
- Kelly Cannon, Salt Lake Tribune
- Sabrina Halvorson, AgNet Media
- Blanca Méndez, San Antonio Report
Specifically, this group of journalists will spend five weeks in April and May working to:
- Conduct a curiosity-driven conversation with someone who self-describes as a news avoider
- Create an FAQ that addresses common questions and assumptions related to news avoidance as well as transparency around the news-gathering process.
- Share this FAQ publicly, within daily content and on brand social media platforms. Trusting News will provide social templates newsrooms can adapt for their own brand.
More Trusting News training, cohort opportunities
We’re excited to share that we are offering more newsroom trainings and cohorts this spring. You can check out our Training and Resources page for the latest information.
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At Trusting News, we learn how people decide what news to trust and turn that knowledge into actionable strategies for journalists. We train and empower journalists to take responsibility for demonstrating credibility and actively earning trust through transparency and engagement. Subscribe to our Trust Tips newsletter. Follow us on LinkedIn and X (Twitter). Read more about our work at TrustingNews.org.
Project manager Mollie Muchna (she/her) has spent the last 10 years working in audience and engagement journalism in local newsrooms across the Southwest. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, where she is also an adjunct professor at the University of Arizona’s School of Journalism. She can be reached at mollie@trustingnews.org and on Twitter @molliemuchna.
