In this episode Michelle Ainsworth explores the impact of rising polarisation in the media and the political landscape, and the impact that’s having on trust in democracy.

She talks to senior journalists, academics who teach journalism and others who are experts in information integrity.

This episode includes interviews with:

Dr Jan Voelkel, “Strengthening Democracy Challenge” Polarization and Change Lab, Standford University

Professor Amy E. Lehrman, Director of the Possibility Lab, UC Berkeley

Agustina Callegari, Global Coalition for Digital Safety, World Economic Forum

Associate Professor Clare Wardle, Department of Communication, Cornell University and co-founder of First Draft

Tina Rosenberg, journalist and co-founder Solutions Journalism Network

Professor Sue Robinson, Journalism and Mass Communication, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Jay Rosen, Journalism Professor, New York University and author of “The Citizens Agenda”

Kelly McBride, Senior Vice President Poynter Institute and NPR’s Public Editor

Laura Manley, Executive Director Shorenstein Centre on Media, Politics and Public Policy, Harvard University

Tom Rogers, former Australian Electoral Commissioner

Publications cited:

Strengthening Democracy Challenge - Stanford University

The Citizens Agenda

Solutions Journalism Network

Complicating the Narratives Framework - SJN

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