Semafor To Hold “National Trust In News Summit” With Speakers Including Leaders Of CNN, NBCU News Group And New York Times
deadline.comSemafor has set plans for a National Trust in News Summit next month, with the focus on how the media rebuilds public trust amid a Gallup poll showing record low approval.
The event, to be held on Feb. 27 at Gallup’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., is hosted by co-founder and CEO Justin Smith and co-founder and editor-in-chief Ben Smith.
Those confirmed to participate so far include Megyn Kelly, CNN Worldwide chairman and CEO Mark Thompson, NBCUniversal News Group chairman Cesar Conde, Fox News’ Bret Baier and Joe Kahn, executive editor of The New York Times.
Others participating will come from the worlds of news, entertainment, technology and new media. The Gallup poll, released in October, showed just 31% of the American public had a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in the media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly.” In November, Justin Smith wrote an open letter to Jeff Bezos after the Amazon founder’s cited low trust in news sources as a reason for his decision not to have The Washington Post endorse in the presidential race.
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