Digital News Report 2026. Episode 7: The social impact of public service news
In this episode of Future of Journalism we explore attitudes around the social impact of news from public service media. In this episode we explore attitudes around the social impact of news from public service media. We’ll look at how these perceptions vary across the world, how this correlates with other attitudes and engagement patterns towards news, and what people say are the positive or negative aspects of public service news in their countries.
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Jim Egan is the lead author of the Digital News Report 2026 and is a senior research associate at the Reuters Institute.
Host 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.
Find a full transcript here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2026-episode-7-social-impact-public-service-news
20 Jul 2026
Digital News Report 2026. Episode 6: Does the public want impartial news?
We discuss findings around people's attitudes towards impartiality when it comes to news n this episode of Future of Journalism, we focus on what people think of the idea of impartial news. We’ll discuss what impartiality means when it comes to news, whether people prefer news that takes particular lines, how these attitudes vary across countries, particularly when it comes to levels of social media use and political polarisation, and more.
Speakers:
Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is a Professor at the Department of Communication of the University of Copenhagen and a Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. He is a co-author of the Digital News Report 2026.
Host 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.
A full transcript can be found on this page: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2026-episode-6-does-public-want-impartial-news
13 Jul 2026
Digital News Report 2026. Episode 5: The growing importance of online news video
In this episode of Future of Journalism we explore how online news video is playing an ever important role in our news ecosystem. In this episode we explore how online news video is playing an ever important role in our news ecosystem given the shift towards news consumption on social and video networks as well as the prevalence of smart TVs. We explore where in the world the appetite for online news video is increasing, among which demographic groups they are most popular and how different video lengths differ across platforms.
Speakers:
Craig T. Robertson<https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/dr-craig-t-robertson> is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. His research focus includes news trust and credibility, fact-checking and verification, and how both partisan attitudes and epistemic beliefs factor into these domains. He is a co-author of the Digital News Report.
Host Mitali Mukherjee<https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/people/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.
A full transcript of the podcast can be found here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2026-episode-5-growing-importance-online-news-video
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