Survey on the Media and Democracy

by | Aug 4, 2020 | Journalism, Mass Media, Public Opinion

From the Knight Foundation: For the 2020 American Views survey, Gallup and Knight polled more than 20,000 U.S. adults and found deepening pessimism and further partisan entrenchment about how the news media delivers on its democratic mandate for factual, trustworthy...

Grim News About Local News

by | Apr 4, 2020 | Coronavirus, Journalism, Mass Media

Tali Arbel and David Bauder at AP: Researchers have long worried that the next recession — which economists say is already upon us — “could be an extinction-level event for newspapers,” said Penelope Abernathy, a University of North Carolina professor who studies the...

A Prayer for the Media

by | Apr 2, 2020 | Journalism, Mass Media

Let us #PrayTogether for all who work in the media, who work to communicate, to inform us, so that people are not so isolated, and to educate children. We pray for all those who are helping us bear this time of isolation. — Pope Francis (@Pontifex) April 1,...

The Media’s Role During Emergencies

by | Mar 15, 2020 | Emergency, Journalism, Mass Media

From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Journalists have a responsibility to report information they believe is honest and objective. Public health and emergency management professionals sometimes expect the media to report in a way that supports official...