Welcome to our June Special Edition Series on how local newsrooms can adapt to changing news habits.
The latest study from the Media Insight Project, The evolving news landscape: Comparing media habits and trust between teens and adults, offers valuable insights on where people turn for news, who they trust and what information they seek out (or avoid). And it’s unique in that it surveyed both adults and teens as young as 13.
The study’s findings likely align with news engagement behavior you’re already noticing at your news organization or hunches you have based on young people you know, but the data across age groups shows these shifts cannot be written off as a passing trend that younger generations will age out of.
This month, we’ll make that research actionable for local news leaders, offering a tactic you can try each week, supported by the study’s findings.
The Media Insight Project is a collaboration of The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, the American Press Institute, Northwestern University Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications and the Local News Network at the University of Maryland’s Philip Merrill College of Journalism.
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How local newsrooms can adapt to changing news habits
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