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      Stop treating younger people as future audiences

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      What teens are saying about the content they trust — and how local news can engage them

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Community Engagement & Trust

  • Special Edition

    Use comments to explain (and defend) your work

    Online comments represent a rich opportunity for journalists to tell the story of their work, get on the record about their integrity and answer questions about their ethics and process. 

    June 20, 2023
  • Special Edition

    Engage to Build Trust

    Trusting News is sharing best practices for engaging audiences and building trust. How do you know what your community thinks of your work?

    June 20, 2023
  • API Update

    American Press Institute to help 5 local news organizations improve their relationships with communities

    The Mobilizing News sprint for Table Stakes alumni will challenge participating teams to center community in their outreach, relationships and reporting. 

    June 15, 2023
  • API Update

    API launches Election Coverage & Community Listening Fund

    The deadline for submissions was 5 p.m. Wednesday Aug. 17. Funding decisions will be made by Wednesday, August 24, 2022, with applicants notified shortly thereafter. [...]

    August 3, 2022
  • Article

    How the Long Beach Post’s community editorial board provides more than opinion

    Editor’s Note: Over the last year or two there has been an increased interest from newsrooms — both corporate-owned and independent — in forming editorial [...]

    October 5, 2021
  • API Update

    Announcing recipients from the API Local News Ideas-to-Action Fund

    The American Press Institute today announced that 10 local news organizations will receive funding through the Local News Ideas-to-Action Fund, API’s new initiative to support [...]

    September 15, 2021
  • Article

    Journalism in the fog of ‘high conflict’: Q&A with Amanda Ripley  

    When I think about the word “conflict,” it’s hard not to think of journalism. I learn about most conflicts in the world and many even [...]

    July 14, 2021
  • API Update

    API’s ‘Local News Ideas-to-Action Series’ to advance local governance reporting

    The American Press Institute is beginning a new effort to support audience-centered accountability and government reporting, starting with a kickoff event June 17. Through discussion, [...]

    June 9, 2021
  • Study

    Broadening the moral values addressed in a news story can increase trust

    Americans who value loyalty and authority most highly tend to be the most skeptical of the news media. In experiments with readers, however, we see [...]

    April 14, 2021
  • Study

    A new way of looking at trust in media: Do Americans share journalism’s core values?

    The deep divides over trust in the news media are usually portrayed as largely ideological. Democrats are seven times more likely than Republicans to say [...]

    April 14, 2021
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