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But: “Does falling trust cause people to change their media use, or do changing media habits cause lower trust?”
“We are seeing a huge divide between people who are interested in news and those who are not, and I suspect that this divide is intensifying.”
“You just need somebody with enough charisma that they would carry people over the line. And it wouldn’t be a traditional journalist.”
Recent work from the Tow Center for Digital Journalism and the Craig Newmark Center for Ethics and Leadership offers recommendations.
“Reputation is trust. And transparency creates an exchange where trust can grow.” Sue Cross
Readers “have to see this again and again and again, I think, before you really make an impact.”
“Is it ready for primetime, ready to be released to the masses? Absolutely not…But can it be done? Can you design an AI system that attends a city meeting and generates a story? Yeah, I did it.”
“The ‘first and most voiced complaint’ from participants was that news coverage of people like them skewed toward negative stories or reflected them in a negative light.”
The pervasive amount of news media criticism in the U.S. has intensified the erosion of trust in American journalism, but such discussion can be seen as a sign of democratic health.