A troubling new analysis from the Center for News, Technology, & Innovation (CNTI) offers significant insight into an increase of online abuse targeting journalists. Moderating this abuse is complicated as regulators navigate existing protections in many countries for freedom of expression. 

Our podcast guest is Amy Mitchell, CNTI's founding Executive Director. Prior to her role at CNTI, Mitchell served as Managing Director of news and Information Research at the Pew Research Center. In her 25 years with Pew Research, Mitchell helped launch the journalism research program and served as managing director since 2010, responsible for the center’s research related to news and information, including how the public accesses, engages with and creates news, what news organizations are providing, and the evolving role of technology in the flow of news and information.

In a conversation with AFPC-USA's Editorial Supervisor Alan Herrera, she explains why this research is valuable to both journalists and policymakers as we tackle a new era of online misinformation and disinformation.