Trust

Training

Mar 30, 2026

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13 min read

Is the Trust Editor really a News Literacy Editor?

When a newsroom creates a trust team, it is admitting something the profession long preferred not to say out loud: accuracy alone does not explain itself.

Patrick Johnson

Journalism Practice

Mar 16, 2026

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7 min read

Local TV Still Running the Race

Local TV had a chance to translate the 2024 election into civic understanding, but too often defaulted to horse-race habits.

Patrick Johnson

Automation Shifts Fact-Checking Authority

Mar 2, 2026

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6 min read

Automation Shifts Fact-Checking Authority

The power to declare something true is migrating from newsroom judgment to system design.

Patrick Johnson

Journalism Practice

Feb 2, 2026

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7 min read

What We Mean When We Say Trust

Why “trust” keeps showing up in newsrooms, and why it’s so hard to pin down. Here’s what a review of seven decades of research says about the word that keeps eluding us all.

Patrick Johnson

Trust

Is the Trust Editor really a News Literacy Editor?

Local TV Still Running the Race

Automation Shifts Fact-Checking Authority

What We Mean When We Say Trust

How Journalism Thinks