among those who said each approach was extremely or very important; results reflect responses from industry leaders from 32 countries selected to reflect a strategic sample of select industry leaders from 53 countries, not a representative sample
Method of interview
Online survey
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Publisher strategies to combat news avoidance worldwide 2023
A global report held among industry leaders looking at trends in journalism and news revealed that 67 percent of respondents considered explanatory journalism to be very important in combating news avoidance and fatigue. Despite news avoidance often occurring due to audiences feeling overwhelmed or saddened by certain news topics, the idea of combating news fatigue with positive news stories was only considered to be an important initiative by 21 percent of publishers.
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