Uncategorized Archives - The Trust Project

Is the news story true and should I share it?

May 29, 2025October 28, 2020 by thetrustproject

A poster with eyes and the words " which news stories can you trust ?"

Worried about false information interfering with democracy? With Election Day coming up in the United States, it’s important for all voters to have access to reliable news and information, produced with integrity and nonpartisanship. And you can help. The #TrustedJournalism Partnership has launched a public information campaign encouraging people to pause and consider the source … Read more

Trust Indicators Expand Across Canada, U.S., Spain and Hong Kong on 33 New Sites

February 12, 2021March 18, 2020 by thetrustproject

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To Curb the Influence of Misinformation, News Sites Add the Trust Project’s Transparency Disclosures PACIFICA, Calif., March 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — In this moment of uncertainty across the world, the public is especially vulnerable to misleading and inflammatory information posing as news. Today 33 top news sites run by seven news companies join the Trust Project to help … Read more

Trust Project Becomes Independent Nonprofit with $2.25M in New Funding

October 23, 2020May 30, 2019 by thetrustproject

May 30, 2019 (PACIFICA, Calif.) – The Trust Project, a global effort to address misinformation and the crisis of trust in news, announced today that it is spinning off as an independent nonprofit organization with $2.25 million in total gifts from Craig Newmark Philanthropies, Facebook and the Democracy Fund. Incubated by Sally Lehrman at Santa … Read more

Brazilian news organizations increase transparency by adopting the Trust Indicators system

May 9, 2019 by thetrustproject

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São Paulo, May 8 – Projeto Credibilidade, the Brazilian Chapter of the Trust Project, is thrilled to announce that six Brazilian news organizations – Agência Lupa, Agência Mural, Folha de S. Paulo, Nexo Jornal, O Povo and Poder360 – have joined the global effort to fight disinformation and to increase transparency in the news by … Read more

Press Association of Madrid Spotlights the Trust Project

January 10, 2019 by thetrustproject

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On December 4, 2018, Trust Project director Sally Lehrman spoke at la Conferencia Anual de la Asociación de Medios de Información (AMI) in Spain. Check out the Press Association of Madrid’s recap of Lehrman’s remarks! The Trust Project o cómo hacer frente a la desinformación en internet

What’s new with Projeto Credibilidade (a Trust Project chapter)

May 29, 2025November 27, 2018 by thetrustproject

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by Angela Pimenta & Francisco Belda Our MVP launch scheduled for May 2019 The launch of the Minimum Viable Protocol (MVP) of Projeto Credibilidade will be in mid-May 2019, in SÃ£o Paulo. The event will be likely attended by Sally Lehrman, director of the Trust Project. In the first phase, the MVP comprises three Trust … Read more

The Trust Project featured in The Objective

October 23, 2020November 9, 2018 by thetrustproject

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We’re pleased to share a new article in The Objective in which our director Sally Lehrman explains the Trust Project’s role in the larger digital information ecosystem. Check it out below!

Major Effort to Increase Trust in News Achieves Widespread Adoption

October 8, 2018 by thetrustproject

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Oct. 9, 2018 – In a concerted fight against online misinformation, 20 leading news organizations have joined the Trust Project’s efforts to increase transparency and trust in the news media, extending the reach of the global network’s Trust Indicators to 217 million people a month. As the result of this major expansion, today more than … Read more

Trust Indicators boost readers’ perceptions of news credibility

May 29, 2025September 6, 2018 by thetrustproject

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Do the Trust Indicators make a difference? Research by Reach Plc has found yes. Dozens of news sites around the globe published the first Trust Indicators nearly a year ago and many more sites are in the process of implementing them. It’s clear from the research byÂ Reach Plc (formerly Trinity Mirror) and an experiment at … Read more

Trust Project pops up in magazines and mentions

July 30, 2020April 13, 2018 by thetrustproject

Santa Clara Magazine's illustration for "Trust Me," an article about the Trust Project.

Notice anything new lately? Spring has sprung for the Trust Project, with a story in Santa Clara Magazine, and mentions in NiemanLab, Stuff, and The Chronicle of Philanthropy, just to name a few. A huge thanks for their coverage, which helps spread the word about our work to build trust and transparency in news. Here’s a … Read more