COVID-19 is prompting more people to head to trusted mainstream news sites for information - new research

By Nic Newman, Senior Research Associate, Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford

More than a year after it began, the pandemic continues to cast a dark cloud over both public health and the economy. The news industry is no exception. Across the world, long-established news titles are being closed, and journalists are being laid off, as advertisers take fright in the face of a global economic downturn.

And yet, in this year’s digital news report from the Reuters Institute at Oxford University, my colleagues and I provide evidence that some news brands have benefited…

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