Trust is an essential part of journalism. In this episode, we find out why it's important and what you can do as a freelance journalist to gain it. We talk to Steve Nowottny, an editor from FullFact, who discusses how his work exposes and counters the harm false information can cause, and Jennifer Sizeland, a UK-based freelance journalist, who talks to us about how journalists can build trust with their sources.

Steve Nowottny

Twitter: @stevenowottny

Website: https://www.stevenowottny.com/

Jennifer Sizeland

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LandofSize

Instagram: @lifeofsize 

Website: https://landofsize.com/

Resources

Full Fact https://fullfact.org/

How journalists can build trust with their sources

https://ijnet.org/en/story/how-journalists-can-build-trust-their-sources

Muck Rack https://muckrack.com/search/

Qwoted https://www.qwoted.com/

Branding advice for journalists

https://freelancingforjournalists.substack.com/p/branding-for-freelance-journalists?s=r

FFJ podcast episode on branding

https://open.spotify.com/episode/2DiPXKqkBgZaJkSqI9VIqo

FFJ Twitter verification campaign 

https://freelancingforjournalists.substack.com/p/join-our-twitter-blue-tick-campaign?s=r

Media matchmaker 

https://mediamatchmaker.co.uk/

War on truth on BBC Radio 4 documentary by Marianna Spring 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0btv73r

Freelance journalist recommendations

Harry Wallop 

https://harrywallop.co.uk/

Marianna Spring disinformation reporter for the BBC 

https://twitter.com/mariannaspring

Anya Ryan

https://muckrack.com/anya-ryan