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Community Engagement & Trust

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    How trust differs across generation, socioeconomics, race and ethnicity, and gender

    What it means to trust the news and the reasons people cite for relying on specific news sources differ between generations, socioeconomic groups, racial and [...]

    April 17, 2016
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    Why trust matters

    A fundamental question any research about trust in news must address is whether trust actually matters to audiences and, if so, how. The data here [...]

    April 17, 2016
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    Appendix A: Tabulations of trust components by topic and source

    April 17, 2016
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    Finding a voice on social media: Insights for local newsrooms

    As more people, especially in younger generations, rely on social media to stay informed, news organizations must figure out how to speak to readers in [...]

    December 16, 2015
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    Developing a voice

    When Stephanie Grimes arrived at the Las Vegas Review-Journal two years ago as its first audience development director, she arrived to find social media was [...]

    December 16, 2015
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    Implementing a voice

    Before Irene McKisson of the Arizona Daily Star began posting on social media, about 30 people in the newsroom were — and in all different [...]

    December 16, 2015
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    Interacting with your community

    Erica Palan of Philly.com thinks journalists should be having one-on-one conversations with users on social media — as they do in the non-digital world — but that [...]

    December 16, 2015
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    Integrating voice into your workflow

    One person in a newsroom might work to develop a voice for social media posts, but for it to be most effective, everyone involved must [...]

    December 16, 2015
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    Methodology

    The best practices examples from newsrooms were obtained through a series of phone conversations with engagement editors for primarily legacy print media organizations across the [...]

    December 16, 2015
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    Interaction on Twitter enhances journalists’ credibility

    Journalists can use Twitter in many different ways. They can reveal personal details or maintain a purely professional profile. They can interact with their followers [...]

    December 7, 2015
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