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Trusting News’ book ‘The Transparency Imperative’ is now available

The book accompanies the honor of being the recipient of the 2026 Brown Democracy Medal from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy

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How 10 creator journalists got on the record about their mission, goals and approach to their work

Show how audience input has influenced your coverage

It's common practice for many journalists to invite their audience to weigh in on potential coverage. It's much less common to explain how that input is used (or even if it's considered).

Trusting News receives OpenAI grant for work on AI literacy and tool development

Our work on AI so far has equipped journalists to understand community needs and perceptions, be transparent about their own use of AI, and educate their communities about how AI works.

Explain how you’ll cover campaign rallies and stops fairly

Use it as an opportunity to explain why original reporting matters

AI scraping your content? Explain and defend your work

Use it as an opportunity to explain why original reporting matters

New research: Readers prefer transparency, solutions and engagement-fueled journalism

Focus group members indicated that encountering this type of coverage would motivate them to subscribe, become members, or even make financial contributions to mainstream outlets.

Be more aware of your ‘professional ideology’

The powerful should be monitored? Society works better when more things are out in the open and transparent? Statements like these feel like common sense to journalists, but our neighbors do not all agree.

Putting “The Next Journalism” into practice: a reading companion from Trusting News

This chapter-by-chapter guide weaves our 10 years of research into the themes in Tom Rosenstiel's new book.

Steal this idea to inspire civic action

If you don't answer basic questions about how you operate, your audience will make their own assumptions — and they're likely to be inaccurate and unflattering.

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Trusting News’ book ‘The Transparency Imperative’ is now available

The book accompanies the honor of being the recipient of the 2026 Brown Democracy Medal from the McCourtney Institute for Democracy

Use social video to show your credibility 

How 10 creator journalists got on the record about their mission, goals and approach to their work
“... we always consider these reader surveys when making our decisions.” — Tangle News

Show how audience input has influenced your coverage

It's common practice for many journalists to invite their audience to weigh in on potential coverage. It's much less common to explain how that input is used (or even if it's considered).
2026 People-First AI Fund Awardee

Trusting News receives OpenAI grant for work on AI literacy and tool development

Our work on AI so far has equipped journalists to understand community needs and perceptions, be transparent about their own use of AI, and educate their communities about how AI works.

Explain how you’ll cover campaign rallies and stops fairly

Use it as an opportunity to explain why original reporting matters

AI scraping your content? Explain and defend your work

Use it as an opportunity to explain why original reporting matters
Is it worth it for journalists to invest in improving coverage of democracy? Four years of data from the Advancing Democracy program is in!

New research: Readers prefer transparency, solutions and engagement-fueled journalism

Focus group members indicated that encountering this type of coverage would motivate them to subscribe, become members, or even make financial contributions to mainstream outlets.
Widely held values in journalism are not universally shared by the public.

Be more aware of your ‘professional ideology’

The powerful should be monitored? Society works better when more things are out in the open and transparent? Statements like these feel like common sense to journalists, but our neighbors do not all agree.
If “The Next Journalism” motivates you to change how you create or support public service journalism, these Trusting News resources are here to help.

Putting “The Next Journalism” into practice: a reading companion from Trusting News

This chapter-by-chapter guide weaves our 10 years of research into the themes in Tom Rosenstiel's new book.

Steal this idea to inspire civic action

If you don't answer basic questions about how you operate, your audience will make their own assumptions — and they're likely to be inaccurate and unflattering.

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