Has trust in journalists started to rebound from rock bottom?
It’s true. The 2018 survey by Cision of 1,355 journalists from across six countries discovered that perceived trust in professional journalists improved by 20 per cent this year. Cision is a global provider of media software.
Yes, sadly, journalists felt underappreciated by 91 per cent of the general public up until last year. And fake news – defined as false content presented as real news coverage of actual events – made readers more skeptical than ever about what they read and saw.
The good news is the bar rose to 71 per cent in 12 months; an important upward trend for humankind.
Why the improvement?