Cohort Announcement Archives - The Trust Project

Trust Project News: More sites, more funding, more people!

May 14, 2024March 15, 2023 by thetrustproject

A warm welcome to 11 new sites and gratitude for $500,000 in new funding Today we expand our reach into community-serving and issue-oriented news with 11 new sites in the United States, Canada, Brazil and Europe. We also thank longtime supporter Craig Newmark for a generous gift of $500,000. These funds strengthen our initiatives in research, training, public outreach and technical capacity. According to 2023 data from Knight Foundation/Gallup, more than half of Americans have lost faith that news organizations put the public interest first. Such lack of trust globally has led to severe polarization, Edelman warns in its latest …

Trust Project Adds 25 Local, Community Sites

October 5, 2022May 11, 2022 by thetrustproject

The Trust Project has expanded its reach into America’s heartland, including Indian Country, and in California and Victoria, B.C. We’re proud to announce that 25 local and ethnic news organizations have added the 8 Trust Indicators to their pages and earned the Trust Mark. These media play a vital role as trusted information partners to their communities. With war, pandemic and economic hardship creating fertile ground for falsehood and uncertainty, their efforts are especially important. All of our news partners go beyond lip service to accountability. Each of the incoming organizations have put hard work into building integrity, honesty and …

The Trust Project is expanding in Brazil!

October 5, 2022November 24, 2021 by thetrustproject

Every region in largest Latin American country now covered by the Trust Project (Em Português) The global Trust Network is reaching more deeply into a critically important region, where rampant false information harms both democracy and trust in reliable news. Three new sites in Brazil have earned the Trust Mark and joined our network of news organizations committed to transparency, impartiality and accuracy. The global Trust Network now extends extends to all five Brazilian geographic regions, including 6 states and the Federal District (Brasília). We welcome: GZH, the leading news site in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do …

Trust Network grows in Panama, Spain, Brazil and US

May 10, 2022July 15, 2021 by thetrustproject

In new milestone, Trust Indicators explained on air Advancing the Trust Project campaign against imposter sites peddling falsehoods, five new sites have earned the Trust Mark and joined our network of news organizations committed to transparency, impartiality and accuracy. The global Trust Network now extends to Panama and across 43 of the 50 United States. In an additional milestone for the Trust Project, audiences will now routinely hear about the Trust Indicators on air, not just online. We welcome: A Gazeta, the leading news site in the Brazilian state of Espírito Santo; Amazônia Real, which covers environmental issues along the …

Trust Project Expands in Europe

January 25, 2021December 21, 2020 by thetrustproject

As the year closes, we are delighted to announce that the Trust Project is accelerating its global momentum with new European sites. Three sites in Spain and one in Belgium have now earned the Trust Mark by committing to Trust Project principles and disclosures and showing the 8 Trust Indicators on their pages (see press release). Our new sites 20 Minutos, the third major newspaper of Spain’s top five to join; El Heraldo de Aragón, the first Spanish regional; and La Información, the first Spanish business news site; La Libre Belgique, our first Belgian and first French-language news outlet. “These …

Trust Project Adds News Partners to Global News Network

October 23, 2020September 16, 2020 by thetrustproject

Trust Project’s reach expands to Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America

Sept. 16, 2020 (PACIFICA, CALIF.) – The Trust Project, a global non-profit dedicated to transparency, accuracy and diversity in news, today announced the addition of six news partners, expanding its network of more than 200 news outlets to Argentina and Peru.

The following news sites have implemented the Trust Project’s 8 Trust Indicators and earned the Trust Mark: El Comercio (Peru), The Highlands Current (US), inewsource (US), La Nación (Argentina), Pocket-lint (UK), and YES! Magazine (US). El Comercio and La Nación are the first news organizations to join the Trust Project in their respective countries.