Digital News Report 2025. Episode 1: What you need to know.

About this episode

The episode discusses the future of news media in 2025, focusing on various emerging trends and challenges.

What's happening with news media in 2025? Authors of our Digital News Report 2025 discuss the role of generative AI, trust in news, subscriptions, news avoidance, podcasts and more What's happening with news media in 2025? Authors of our Digital News Report 2025 discuss the role of generative AI, trust in news, subscriptions, news avoidance, podcasts and more Speakers: Nic Newman is the lead author of the Digital News Report 2025 and is a senior research associate at the Reuters Institute. Richard Fletcher is a co-author of the Digital News Report and is the Director of Research at the Reuters Institute. Mitali Mukherjee is the Director of the Reuters Institute and is a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism. Transcript: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2025-episode-1-what-you-need-know

People in this episode

Guests: Nic Newman, Richard Fletcher, Mitali Mukherjee

Topics covered

• news media
• generative AI
• trust in news
• subscriptions
• news avoidance
• podcasts

Keywords

• Digital News Report 2025
• news media
• generative AI
• trust
• subscriptions
• news avoidance
• podcasts

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reuters Institute, Oxford University

Books & works: Digital News Report 2025

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