How Journalists Engage - A Theory of Trust Building, Identities, and Care

In this book, Sue Robinson explores how journalists of different identities, especially racial, enact trusting relationships with their audiences. Drawing from case studies, community-work, interviews, and focus groups, she documents an emergent ecosystem around trust building and engagement journalism that represents the first major paradigm shift of the press''s core values in more than a century. Developing a new theory of trust building, Robinson calls for journalists to grapple actively with their own identities--especially the privileges, biases, and marginalization attached to them--and those of their communities, resulting in a more intentional and effective moral voice focused on justice and equity through the news practice of an ethic of care.