Emmy-winning journalist • Digital Explorer • FOIA fighter • @TrustingNews • @SPJ_Tweets • @PLNU • #Sunsets #1stAmendment
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#Creators, #influencers, independent #journalists & anyone sharing information: we want to hear from you.
Take our survey by Sept. 7 to help us build ethics guidance that actually makes sense for your work.
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Anyone can publish. Not everyone thinks about the consequences.
My latest for News Creator Corps dives into why creators (and all of us) should pause before hitting “post” and how to minimize harm while still informing. newscreatorcorps.org/2025/11… @spj_tweets
Excited to be leading the @TrustingNews team in exploring how technology and AI can help us bring our research-backed solutions to building trust with news audiences to more journalists and creators. Thanks @HacksHackers hackshackers.com/hacks-hacke…
Excited to be working with @TrustingNews + these 15 newsrooms to help journalists build AI literacy and strengthen trust with their communities along the way. 💪🤖
Details: trustingnews.org/meet-the-ne…
Going to #MediaFest in DC? Come hang with me for TRUST or BUST, a @TrustingNews workshop on earning (and keeping!) audience trust.
Free if you’re already attending!
🗓 Wed, Oct. 15 | 1–5pm | mediafest25.com/workshop/ @spj_tweets @collegemedia
Lynn Walsh retweeted
🤖 Transparencia, confianza y futuro del periodismo en vivo en la #MediaParty! En @CCKonex, el workshop Audience-First AI: Lessons from Testing AI Transparency in Newsrooms reúne a participantes para co-crear soluciones. ¡Un espacio para innovar juntos! ✨🙌 @lwalsh
Lynn Walsh retweeted
🤖 Transparency, trust, and the future of journalism are happening now at #MediaParty! In @CCKonex, the workshop Audience-First AI: Lessons from Testing AI Transparency in Newsrooms brings participants together to co-create solutions. Let’s innovate together! ✨🙌 @lwalsh
Applications are still open — #journalists apply now!
#Newsrooms: Want to help your community understand AI? Apply now for a paid cohort or $5K innovation grant to experiment w/ AI education — how it works, how to spot it, etc. @TrustingNews
Details + application: trustingnews.org/newsrooms-a…
#JournalismAI #AIinNews #MediaLiteracy
#Newsrooms: Want to help your community understand AI? Apply now for a paid cohort or $5K innovation grant to experiment w/ AI education — how it works, how to spot it, etc. @TrustingNews
Details + application: trustingnews.org/newsrooms-a…
#JournalismAI #AIinNews #MediaLiteracy
Our new research is out! The first trust tip from @TrustingNews: Engage with your audience before, during and after using AI. Listening builds trust, especially with emerging tech. FULL TIP: trustingnews.org/engage-with…
#JournalismAI #TrustTips #AudienceEngagement #AI #Journalism
#journalists & #contentcreators join me + experts Aug. 19 for a FREE webinar on how to build trust in your #health coverage & cover misinformation without amplifying it. Hosted by @TrustingNews + @JournoResource
🔗 us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
#HealthMisinformation #TrustInNews
🧵1/ At @TrustingNews, I've spent the past year working with newsrooms + @BenjaminToff to explore:
— What AI disclosures should say
— How audiences react
— What builds (or breaks) trust
Join us for a free webinar:
🗓 July 31
🕐 1 PM ET
us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
2/ We’ll share survey results from news consumers in the U.S., Brazil and Europe. You’ll learn:
✅ How people respond to AI use disclosures in real stories
✅ What kinds of language helps build trust
✅ Examples from newsrooms already doing this well #AIinJournalism #MediaTrust
Thank you so much. Very surprised but also appreciative of this award. @RTDNA is an organization that helped me become a better #journalist and a leader in the industry. Looking forward to more collaboration and work together in the future.
Congratulations to Lynn Walsh of @TrustingNews, recipient of the 2025 Rob Downey Citation! 👏
Named for RTDNA’s first executive secretary, the award honors outstanding service to our board of directors. Lynn’s leadership and dedication have been invaluable to our mission.
🧵What guides your newsroom’s democracy and civic life coverage — and does your audience know?
Join me + @TrustingNews on June 18 at 1pm ET for a free training: “Build Trust with Your Audience: Mission Statements for Democracy and Civic Life Coverage.”
3/ You’ll leave with tools to help your newsroom: 📝 Draft a meaningful mission statement 💬 Create a user-friendly FAQ to address audience questions 🧩 Clarify your approach to political + government reporting
4/ This is part of the Advancing Democracy series — a collaboration with @TrustingNews, @soljourno, @wearehearken + Good Conflict.
Together, we’re exploring how journalists can provide more helpful and useful civic coverage. 🔗 Learn more: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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News consumers are telling us something big:
They want to know more about AI — how it works, how to spot it, how it’s being used around them.
Even better?
They say they’d welcome that education from… journalists. 👀 #journalism #AIliteracy
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Journalists:
🧠 What resources are you able/willing to share?
📦 What formats would be easiest?
📝 Would copy/paste scripts or templates help?
❓ What Qs are your communities asking about AI?
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This is your invite to shape how journalism can serve the public through AI education.
If you’ve already created content or have ideas, I’d love to hear from you.
Let’s do this. 💬 #AIliteracy #journalism #trust