Gina Baleria, Ed.D., assistant professor of journalism, media writing and digital media at Sonoma State University and host of the podcast "News in Context".Reynolds Journalism Institute) and adjunct faculty member at The Poynter Institute Joy Mayer, director of (a project of the American Press Institute and The Donald W.Victor Pickard, Ph.D., professor of media policy and political economy and co-director of the Media, Inequality & Change Center at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania and author of “ Democracy without Journalism?: Confronting the Misinformation Society”.
What are the implications for democracy, if Americans no longer trust or rely on what's been considered the nation's "Fourth Estate"? How can news organizations be more transparent? What else can be done to boost Americans' confidence in accurate, objective reporting? How does newsroom diversity factor into the equation? population has some level of distrust for news outlets - how they're funded, how they utilize sources and make corrections, and most importantly, their ability to truthfully and objectively report the news.Īmericans are losing faith in journalism amid an ever-evolving media landscape, the rise of partisan and "pay-to-play" news, an unprecedented amount of online misinformation and its rapid dissemination via social media, and easy allegations of "fake news" to dismiss unwanted truths.Ĭan reporters really remain objective when reality is a matter of political opinion? What does that look like in practice? Who holds them accountable? Journalists are trained to objectively report the facts but amid the country's hyper-partisanship and the politicization of just about everything, basic facts are being attacked as opinion or "fake news" - even by elected officials.
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