How the Engagement Journalism Movement Is Changing Political News Content

Retraining journalists in covering politics is having an impact, according to research by Sue Robinson, journalism professor at University of Wisconsin, Margarita Orozco, assistant professor at the University of Kansas, and Joshua P. Darr, associate professor at Syracuse University. Among cohorts trained by Hearken, Trusting News and the Solutions Journalism Network, the research team found “more content considered to be ‘engaged,’ more transparent stories, and somewhat of a boost in solutions-oriented content.” Importantly, they also found “almost a third fewer horse-race, game-framed political stories.”

The full study is paywalled, but you can find the abstract and purchase the full study here. Or, you can hear from Sue Robinson herself.