Confidence in Mass Media

The Gallup Podcast

The media are among the institutions in which Gallup has documented the greatest loss in public confidence. The trend -- which predates the Watergate scandal -- paints a picture of an institution that was once highly revered and is now hardly trusted.
Is this crisis in confidence unique to the U.S.? What role is technology playing in the decline in confidence in the media? And could local media provide a glimmer of hope for the industry?
Read Gallup’s latest update on confidence in mass media: Media Confidence in U.S. Matches 2016 Record Low
This week’s guests include:

• Dr. Sarah Fioroni, Senior Researcher at Gallup
• Delano Massey, Managing Editor of Axios Local
• Amy Mitchell, founding Executive Director of the Center for News, Technology & Innovation