Benjamin Toff | Nieman Journalism Lab

Articles by Benjamin Toff

Benjamin Toff is a senior research fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota.

An authoritarian anti-journalism playbook

“The best, most rigorous journalism in the world is powerless to effect change unless it reaches and is trusted by the wider public — however profitable it may be to serve a niche, hyper-engaged subset of the public.”

November 30, 2023

So who are the consistent news avoiders?

“No single variable is more predictive of whether someone consistently avoids news than their level of interest in politics and civic affairs.”

Beltway reporting gets normal again, for better and for worse

“No, democracy didn’t die in darkness, but has sunlight really saved it?”