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In AI age, explain how you verify visuals
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Acknowledge fair criticism and skepticism
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Trusting News board welcomes Nina Sachdev and announces new officers
As Trusting News enters 2026, its board of directors is thrilled to welcome one new member and has...
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Newsroom case studies
Define and share your mission for covering the election
This post will continue to be updated with new examples. Does your audience know about your goals...
How journalism students are using audio boxes to explain their reporting process
At Trusting News, one of the key strategies we help newsrooms with is explaining their reporting...
Why the Keene Sentinel disabled commenting on certain Facebook posts
It’s all too common for comment sections connected to news stories — on their own platforms and on...
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Trust Tips newsletter
Unpack labels we assume everyone understands
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Which sources do you trust? Copy these NYT explainers
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Thank you to Richard Griffiths as he steps down from Trusting News board of directors
In the summer of 2019, I was catching up with Charles Davis, dean of the journalism school at the...
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Research
Research insights: What we learned testing an anti-polarization checklist with news consumers
This post was written by Trusting News research partners Joshua...
Advice from journalists: Why and how we’re depolarizing our news
At Trusting News we wanted to see how journalists would feel after committing to using a...
Here’s what people with low trust in news learned attending a morning TV news meeting
At Trusting News we know audiences notice what stories get covered by news organizations...
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Resources
Reinvent your crime coverage to build trust
Do your public safety stories paint an accurate picture of life in your community? This post guides you through an assessment that will help you move toward coverage that builds trust.
Journalists, hold yourself accountable for earning the trust of BIPOC communities. This rubric will help.
In our work with newsrooms, there are ideas we recommend that are almost universally applicable when it comes to demonstrating credibility and earning trust with a community. They include doing a better job explaining journalism ethics, a newsroom’s mission, funding,...