The news media is in a crisis. Already struggling with falling revenues and eroding credibility, the media has been left to battle for survival by the Covid pandemic and its economic fallout. Is there a way of this crisis? If there’s, where does it lead?

To discuss the challenges facing the news media and how they can be dealt with, Newslaundry organised a webinar in partnership with the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism.

Abhinandan Sekhri of Newslaundry is joined by Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, director of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism and political communication professor at the University of Oxford; Ritu Kapoor, co-founder of the Quint and a member of the board at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism; Anant Goenka, executive director of the Indian Express; and Avinash Pandey, CEO of the ABP News Network.

In his presentation, Rasmus talks about the annual Digital News Report published by the Reuters Institute. Speaking about the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the news media, he says there has been a surge in news consumption from trusted sources.

They also discuss how the news media reconciles the principle of objectivity with dependence on government ad money, the relationship between political alignments and subscriptions, the quality of news in an increasingly competitive media, the importance of local news, and much more.

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