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Evidence for the next newsroom.
Future of Journalism is a research-first interview show from the Reuters Institute, built around reports on media, technology, trust, and audience behavior. It suits listeners who want measured analysis of journalism’s pressures without panel-show heat or trade-conference gloss.
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Future of Journalism is a measured, research-led show from the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. Its center of gravity is not breaking news, but the forces changing how news is made, found, trusted, funded, and avoided. Episodes often start from a newly published report, then work through the findings with the researcher or practitioner closest to the material. The result is a podcast that feels closer to an edited seminar than a media gossip roundtable. It has momentum, but it is not hurried. AI has become one of its clearest recurring subjects. The show looks at generative tools in newsrooms, AI-generated search answers, audience trust in those answers, and the risk that summaries weaken traffic back to publishers. Climate journalism is another major thread. Across several conversations, the feed returns to how people in different countries follow climate news, how they judge politicians, where misinformation is blamed, and why urgency does not automatically produce greater engagement. The show is especially useful when it compares markets. India, Pakistan, France, Germany, Japan, the UK, the USA, Brazil, Argentina, and Denmark all appear as evidence points rather than scenery. It also keeps returning to the business and format questions facing publishers. Podcasts, video, audio, social platforms, subscriptions, algorithms, news avoidance, and loyalty all become part of the same institutional puzzle. The tone is steady and analytical. Questions tend to ask what changed, what explains it, and what follows for journalism practice. Guests are given room to explain numbers, caveats, and definitions. That patience is the show’s strength. It does not pretend media problems are simple. It gives editors, researchers, students, and policy-minded listeners a grounded way to think about the next version of the news ecosystem.
Made for: For journalists, editors, media researchers, journalism students, and policy-minded listeners who want evidence behind the industry conversation. It also suits anyone tracking how AI, platforms, trust, and climate coverage are reshaping news.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its direct connection to Reuters Institute research and the people who produced it. Instead of reacting to media headlines, it works from comparative data toward practical implications for newsrooms and audiences.
The Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism is Oxford University's international research centre in the comparative study of news media.
Based on 5 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Research findings become clear, practical briefings on audience trust, newsroom economics, climate coverage and AI's growing influence on news.
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism turns media research into focused conversations about how news is produced, distributed and understood.
Oxford's media research becomes the well-briefed friend who brings receipts before you form an opinion.
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A clear report-led episode on climate news, political trust, protest, and journalism's role between audiences and power.
Climate news is often a test of political trust, and this Reuters Institute episode keeps that tension in view. Gretel Kahn leads a report-led discussion on how audiences in eight countries find climate news, which sources and platforms they hold responsible for misinformation,…
A grounded case study on how Redaccion makes membership part of its journalism and business model.
Digital-born journalism in Argentina gets a business-minded close-up through Chani Guyot's account of leaving La Nacion in 2017 to build Redaccion.
History, power, and memory under close examination.
Political power, tested under scrutiny.
One question, one expert, explained at 101 level.
Patient interviews for the deeply curious.
News judgment, pressure-tested.
This episode explores how audiences engage with news about climate change, based on findings from the Digital News Report 2022.
Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism’s Future of Journalism episode centers on a new report about climate change news audiences across eight countries, including France, Germany, Japan, the UK, the US, Brazil, India, and Pakistan.
Chani Guyot says Redacción's membership model is built around members as the outlet's most engaged readers, and that membership now accounts for about 18% of revenue.
Rasmus Nielsen reports that in the Digital News Report 2026, nearly half of respondents across 48 markets prefer sources "that don't have a particular point of view", roughly two to one over sources sharing their view.
Reuters Institute director Idari Mukherjee and Nick Newman discuss the Journalism, Media and Technology Trends and Predictions Report 2026, based on 218 leaders in 51 countries.
France is down 15 percentage points, the U.S. by 11, and the U.K. by 7 since 2022.
On this Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism podcast, director Mitali Mukherjee interviews postdoctoral research fellow Felix Simon about a new six-country survey (Argentina, Denmark, France, Japan, the UK, and the USA) on how people use and trust generative AI.
A panel discussion on how audiences consume climate news and challenges for news organizations, based on the Reuters Institute's report.
This episode discusses a report on how audiences in eight countries access news about climate change, featuring interviews with researchers.
Discussion of findings from the Digital News Report 2023 on news podcast consumption, audience profiles, and implications for publishers.
This episode discusses key findings from the Digital News Report 2023, including shifts in news consumption towards digital and platform-dominated media.
This episode explores authentic leadership for minorities in the workplace, featuring an interview with BBC India bureau chief Rupa Jha.
A podcast series exploring authenticity in leadership, featuring interviews with media leaders from the global south.
A podcast series exploring authenticity in leadership for minorities, featuring interviews with media leaders from the global south.