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Joy Mayer

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Executive director of Trusting News. It’s up to journalists to earn trust, not expect or demand it.

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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
This thread is SO on brand for Losowsky ... using his award to draw attention to work HE admires. So generative. So classy. So community focused.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
I'm sad every time I have cause to share this @trustingnews.bsky.social resource around covering mass shootings. trustingnews.org/explain-goal...
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Explain your goals, process and integrity when covering mass shootings
The news is tragic, and it’s unfolding in an all-too-familiar way. Innocent people have died. Society tries to make sense of the shooter’s motivation and mindset. People and organizations express outr...
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
I'm so excited to have these live. Huge thanks to the team at @globalpress.bsky.social.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Anyone's welcome at a free training I'm doing with @sunlightresearch.bsky.social on Friday. We'll talk about how to earn trust through transparent reporting practices. www.sunlightresearch.net/research-tra...
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Training | Sunlight Research
Join Sunlight Research Center for in-depth investigative reporting workshops designed to help journalists build their reporting skillsets.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
I'm looking forward to my first @mediaimpactfunders.bsky.social gathering, and to this conversation.
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Patrick Garvin @patrickmgarvin.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Great food for thought here from @mayerjoy.bsky.social of @trustingnews.bsky.social. "What is preventing people from accessing what you’re doing, from understanding what you’re doing, and from finding what you’re doing credible?"
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Thanks to @mbolden.bsky.social for moderating a fun discussion at #ISOJ25 today. My thesis: Journalists need to understand who feels neglected or misrepresented by their journalism AND who has trouble *hearing* their journalism because it seems to come from an unrelatable or unuseful place.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
A lot of people assume money drives news decisions — that we chase clicks, squash news our owners/publishers don’t want us to publish, etc. If you have ever wondered how to respond to complaints like that, come to our @trustingnews.bsky.social webinar on March 20. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: How journalists can get clear about their funding and ownership. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Trust is essential for journalists, but it’s also key to people’s willingness to pay for the news. If they think your news organization isn’t trustworthy, they’re unlikely to support it with their dol...
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I'm so lucky to work with this group of smart folks.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
If you're in NC, join us next week for the @nclocal.bsky.social news workshop. I'm leading a session for @trustingnews.bsky.social on trust in an era of news avoidance, and the program is PACKED with insightful folks. www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-nc-ne...
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
How do we talk *to* and *about* people we disagree with? And how should journalists be thinking about that? I'm looking forward to lessons from this conversation. us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: The Dignity Index: Scoring political speech, making change. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Join Hearken for a presentation and Q&A with Tami Pyfer of The Dignity Index, an initiative aimed at changing the way we think about and speak to others with whom we disagree. The Dignity Index is an ...
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
This work might be tough, but it feels important.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Tomorrow, we'll be talking about who feels well-represented by our journalism and who doesn't. And how better conversations in the newsroom (across power dynamics!) could help us reflect and reach more people. Join us. bit.ly/dimensionstn
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Trusting News @trustingnews.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
🚨 Do feel comfortable speaking up, sharing your perspective and challenging assumptions in your newsroom? Too often, the risk isn't worth whatever benefit. 📢 Join @mayerjoy.bsky.social for this free training on fostering healthy dissent in your newsroom. Register now. ⬇️ bit.ly/dimensionstn
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
How comfortable does your newsroom staff feel challenging each other's assumptions? How can your routines and conversations involve to invite more dissent — in service of more accurate, nuanced coverage? Join @trustingnews.bsky.social on Wednesday to talk about it. us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Strengthen your coverage through honest newsroom conversation and dissent. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meetin...
Does your newsroom encourage staffers to speak their mind, share their perspective and challenge each other’s assumptions? Newsrooms say they value diversity in both views and lived experiences. But t...
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Covering Climate Now @coveringclimatenow.org · 13/02/2025
🥁 It's that time of year again... We know you've all been waiting for it... Submissions are OPEN for the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards! 🎉
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The Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now
Entry submissions are OPEN for the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. This is the fifth year for our annual awards program, and every year we’re amazed by the quality and variety of work ent...
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Thanks, Carrie!
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Mike Reilley @mikereilley.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
Some new #AI resources on Journalist's Toolbox AI™ - AI mobile apps: buff.ly/41Qfn4v - AI agents: buff.ly/3Dz44nt
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Journalist'sToolbox.AI: AI mobile apps
Look at journalism's future, not its past.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
This is so great. Please share this wisdom from @lexroman.com and @lizkellynelson.com far and wide.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
A note to my Jan. 2 self: Yes, every incomplete task from December awaits your @rememberthemilk.bsky.social task list and nudged inbox today. No, you do not need to accomplish them all today. Yes, it is reasonable to be frustrated with you Dec. 20 self. She made unkind decisions.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
A @trustingnews.bsky.social -themed Nieman prediction from Lynn Walsh. www.niemanlab.org/2024/12/focu...
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Focusing on what people actually need
"For too long, newsrooms have created content based on their own routines, preferences, and platforms, churning out long stories or endless updates without really thinking about what the audience want...
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Last day to participate! ~5 minutes could get you a $50 gift card. (I'm sending them tomorrow!)
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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · 16/12/2024
Any creator journos out there primarily working on TikTok? DM me if you want to talk about your plan B if (when) TikTok is banned in the U.S.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
I'm going to go ahead and commit to something bold: When I sign off for the holidays in two weeks, I will close any Chrome tabs I have been meaning to read but have not yet gotten to.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
I'm grateful to @knightfdn.bsky.social for their support of @trustingnews.bsky.social! As we strategize about what the public needs from journalists, and what journalists need from us, heading into 2025, this is great to have. trustingnews.org/trusting-new...
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Trusting News receives $250,000 grant from Knight Foundation - Trusting News
The $250,000 general operating grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation will support Trusting News' work with journalists.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
This plugin just made my transition to Bluesky WAY more efficient. I'm following 400 more people -- already known to me -- now than I was this morning, and the process was simple. chrome-extension://behhbpbpmailcnfbjagknjngnfdojpko/options.html
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
I just called my Congressman.
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Liz Kelly Nelson @lizkellynelson.com · 18/11/2024
It's not all alarming - there's lots of data in this study, but damn. (PS - if you like posts like this, subscribe!)
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Pew finds 'news infuencers' overwhelmingly men, white and right-leaning
I Read the Study So You Don’t Have To: A new Pew Study finds 4 in 10 Americans under 30 getting news from influencers
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
Just a quick reminder that most of the country doesn't know who Matt Gaetz is. If you're surrounded by people who are refreshing their feeds hoping for updates on Trump's cabinet picks, you're unusual. And if you're creating journalism with those folks in mind, you're leaving others out.
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Joy Mayer @mayerjoy.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
What does the public need from journalism these days? It's a question my team and I are asking on repeat, and we shared some of what we're hearing and mulling over in today's Trust Tips newsletter. trustingnews.org/navigate-you... Also, hey there Bluesky!
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Navigate your frustration and overwhelm with these 4 strategies - Trusting News
The election is over, now what? Here are four ways to navigate your overwhelm and focus on serving your community
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