| Interaction | Reporting was unbiased and fair | Reporting was biased and unfair |
|---|---|---|
| You were interviewed by a journalist for a news story | 81% | 18% |
| You had your social media post included in a story | 58% | 38% |
| You read, watched, or heard a news report on a topic you know a lot about | 73% | 27% |
| You witnessed or experienced something that was covered by a news organization | 74% | 26% |
MEDIALIT19: People who have had interactions with news reporting mostly think it was unbiased and fair
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About the Author: Jeff Sonderman
Jeff Sonderman is the former deputy executive director of the American Press Institute.
Before joining the American Press Institute in 2013, he was the digital media fellow of The Poynter Institute. His earlier journalism background includes digital news — helping to launch TBD.com, a local digital news startup in Washington, D.C. — and various roles in newspapers, as an award-winning reporter, online editor and metro editor of The Times-Tribune in Scranton, Pa. He was the architect and developer of API's Metrics for News analytics software that reinvents how publishers use data to inform content strategy. He also edited API's Need to Know newsletter, and designed API's Strategy Studies research format for in-depth strategic guidance. And he consulted with publishers on a range of issues related to content strategy, organizational transformation, audience development, newsroom structure and workflows and product management. He graduated from the Missouri School of Journalism.
