Trust in News 2023
The Trusted News Initiative brings together leading experts in disinformation, verification and open source journalism to look at trust, transparency and truth in an increasingly complicated information landscape. Take a look back at this year's conference sessions from London and Delhi and discover key takeaways from the Reuters Institute.
London
Highlights: Trust In News 2023
An overview of this year's conference from Delhi and London.
Transparency and Trust
In conversation with Deborah Turness, CEO for BBC News and Current Affairs. Deborah explains her strategy to build trust.
Russia and Ukraine – bearing witness
Investigators show how open-source and verification tools help reveal the truth.
Ros Atkins on explainers
How innovative storytelling can build trust with audiences.
Verifying protests in Iran
BBC Persia share insights on covering the protests in Iran and the challenges of impartial reporting.
Meet Marianna and Reha
Disinformation and social media correspondent Marianna Spring and BBC Trending's Reha Kansara give us a glimpse into their world.
Countering influence operations
How Meta is identifying and fighting covert influence and disruption networks.
Keeping it honest
How journalists around the globe hold politicians to account.
Generative AI
What happens to trusted news if we can’t believe anything we see?
BBC Blue Room – Synthetic Media
Can we trust what we see and read?
Technology, transparency & trust
The role of technology in proving provenance.
Delhi
How the BBC is challenging disinformation in Asia
From verification to toolkits to in-depth investigations or media literacy workshops, what does the BBC do to fight disinformation.
The state of information disorder in India
How disinformation shapes narratives and what social media platforms can do to improve the quality of their information.
Countering elections-related disinformation
How disinformation and hidden campaigning can impact voting sentiment during elections.
Verification and co-operation across the border
How news outlets collaborate across the border to fight fake news.
Narrative capture and news in South Asia
As facts become a grey area how does reporting need to change to stay relevant but impartial?
Rural audiences and fact-checking
Stories from remote communities that are being taught to think critically about social media in 15 languages.
Media literacy in Japan
NHK, Japan's public service broadcaster, on how they monitor social media 24/7.
Trust in News 2022
Conference Introduction
BBC Director General, Tim Davie introduces this year's conference followed by an exclusive preview of what's to come.
Conference Highlights
An overview of 2022's two day virtual conference on fighting disinformation.
Information warfare: Russia and Ukraine
How disinformation has spread during the conflict.
Is seeing believing? A visual debunking masterclass
How to check video and photographs with real examples.
The latest RISJ research revealed
Research from Reuters on news brands and reaching those with misinformed views.
Big tech’s part in the fight
The major players explain their part in tackling disinformation.
Voting for truth – The challenge for democracy
Journalists tell us how they hold power to account.
Show and Tell: Rise of the splinternets
BBC Blue Room demonstrate how countries are creating their 'nationalised-internets'.
The role of the News Leader
Jamie Angus, Senior News Controller for BBC News, explains strategy to beat disinformation.
Climate Change: Sifting for truth
How we can help audiences to understand the climate crisis and separate fact from fiction.
Is truth being drowned out?
Equipping audiences to distinguish between facts and fakes.
It’s all about the numbers – a stats and data Masterclass
Using the right data, in the right way to tell stories.
When journalists become the target
Online spaces are increasingly hostile environments for journalists and fact-checkers. What can be done to safeguard them?
The power of the machine – harnessing AI to fight disinformation
How technology is being used to fight the spread of fake news.
What next?
The future of the fight. We finish the Trust in News Conference 2022 with a look to the future.
Trust In News 2021
Trust in News: Conference highlights
An overview of the Trusted News Initiative's three day conference on tackling disinformation.
The view from the frontline
Jon Sopel, BBC North America Editor is joined by BBC Director General, Tim Davie and Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, Director of the Reuters Institute.
Young people: The first line of defence
When misinformation enters the home, it’s often down to the young people to separate fact from fiction, to keep their relatives safe.
The tech giants’ role
Rory Cellan-Jones, BBC Technology Correspondent speaks to the social media platforms about their part in turning the tide on disinformation.
A fact checking masterclass
Learn from those on the frontline about how to debunk stories and the critical questions to ask.
Engaging hard to reach audiences
How to win trust and engage hard to reach communities.
Provenance in news workflows
A technical approach to combating disinformation.
Labelling lies: The practical challenges
How should debunked or fact checked information be presented?
The threat to democracy
How journalists can hold politicians to account when they don't play by the rules.
The human cost of disinformation
Learn how to reduce the threat and psychological trauma.
What's next?
How news organisations can rebuild trust and tackle the next disinformation challenges.
The conversation continues
Future plans with Eric Horvitz, Chief Scientific Officer at Microsoft and Jessica Cecil, BBC Trusted News Initiative Director.
