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Who We Are
The Media Standards Trust is an independent registered charity that aims to find ways to foster the highest standards of excellence in news journalism on behalf of the public, and ensure public trust in news is nurtured.
Our Aims
We believe high standards of news and information are critical to the health of our democratic society. These standards are being challenged by the enormous, revolutionary changes in the production, funding, packaging, delivery and consumption of news and information.
In many areas these changes are leading to:
- - More frequent inaccuracies in reporting
- - Less original sourcing
- - Escalation in the use of ‘manufactured news’
- - Increase in self-censorship
- - A growth of subjective over objective reporting
- - Reduction in sustained, in-depth reporting on the ground, particularly investigative reporting
As the news media undergoes radical transformation, these standards are under threat as never before. We will work on behalf of the public and the public interest to find ways to preserve and foster high standards.
What we do
Currently, our main projects include:
Press
For details about the Media Standards Trust and a press pack please contact Martin Moore at martin.moore@mediastandardstrust.org or call 0207 727 5252.
Our press releases can be found here.
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