Producing Trustworthy News
2023-08-09T12:00:07-04:00https://ximage.c-spanvideo.org/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJwaWN0dXJlcy5jLXNwYW52aWRlby5vcmciLCJrZXkiOiJGaWxlc1wvN2M0XC8wMDFcLzE2OTE1OTcwMzlfMDAxLmpwZyIsImVkaXRzIjp7InJlc2l6ZSI6eyJmaXQiOiJjb3ZlciIsImhlaWdodCI6NTA2fX19Former Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward discussed moving “beyond objectivity” to create new guidelines for producing trustworthy journalism, especially amid increased diversity in the news profession and an evolving media landscape. The two news veterans, now professors of journalism at Arizona State University, recently completed a report based on interviews with about 75 news leaders and journalists around the country pertaining to questions of objectivity and trust in the news. The report contains six general categories: striving for accuracy and pursuit of truth; unlocking diversity in newsrooms; the importance of creating clear social media policies for news organizations; focusing on investigative reporting; transparency; determining core values in a newsroom. The conversation occurred during the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s annual conference in Washington, D.C.
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Former Washington Post executive editor Leonard Downie and former CBS News President Andrew Heyward discussed moving “beyond objectivity” to create new guidelines for producing trustworthy journalism, especially amid increased diversity in the news profession and an evolving media landscape. The two news veterans, now professors of journalism at Arizona State University, recently completed a report based on interviews with about 75 news leaders and journalists around the country pertaining to questions of objectivity and trust in the news. The report contains six general categories: striving for accuracy and pursuit of truth; unlocking diversity in newsrooms; the importance of creating clear social media policies for news organizations; focusing on investigative reporting; transparency; determining core values in a newsroom. The conversation occurred during the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. close
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