The Media Standards Trust doesn't just want to talk about news standards – we want to take action. We intend to pilot projects – on and off-line - which address the major challenges facing the news. For example, how can we:
- Provide people with the tools necessary to be able to test the trustworthiness of news and information online?
- Promote and nurture public interest journalism?
- Make news organisations more accountable?
- Give people adequate means of redress?
We have so far come up with four ideas – described below – on all of which we welcome your comments. If you have any ideas about how we can deal with these – or other – challenges, please send us a proposal.
- PROPOSALS -
This is a proposal for a website containing basic information about journalists in the UK, access to their articles, factual data about those articles, links to similar articles, and tools by which the public can assess and comment on those articles.
3 Comments |
2 Bookmarks
This is a proposal for an annual award that recognises an outstanding contribution (e.g. book / film / website) to increasing understanding of the media, and to raising standards.
1 Comments |
2 Bookmarks
This is a proposal for web based support and advice for journalists in areas where standards of news coverage are currently problematic - where journalistic expertise is low, where sources are inaccessible, where evidence is complex, or where there is particular confusion or misunderstanding amongst the public.
0 Comments |
0 Bookmarks
This is a proposal to produce basic 'how-to' advice about citizen journalism, to provide a directory of citizen journalist websites and resources, and to create a forum for citizen journalists, plus online tools for those who wanted to go further.
0 Comments |
9 Bookmarks