In this episode Michelle Ainsworth looks at why strong public service media organisations and local journalism are vital for keeping democracy in check at a grassroots level. She also explores the challenges facing political journalists who are working in an increasingly fragmented media landscape.

She’ll talk to senior journalists and news executives, former US government advisors, information integrity experts and disinformation specialists.

This episode includes interviews with:

Tina Griego, Colorado News Collaborative

Associate Professor Michelle Amazeen, Mass Communication, Boston University

Dean Jackson, Democracy, Media and Technology Specialist

Nina Jankowicz, founder American Sunlight Project and author of “How to lose the information war”

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

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

Sam Stockwell, Alan Turing Institute’s Centre for Emerging Technology and Security

Professor Rasmus Nielson, Former Director Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism

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

Marty Baron, former Editor of the Washington Post and author of “Collision of Power”

Associate Professor Claire Wardle, Department of Communication, Cornell University

Tina Rosenberg, journalist and co-founder Solutions Journalism Network

Publications cited:

Colorado News Collaborative

New forms of advertising raise questions about journalism integrity - The Conversation

The Citizens Agenda

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