Executive Director
Trusting News
Joy Mayer is the founder and executive director of Trusting News, a project that studies how people decide what news to trust and helps journalists and the public understand each other. She and her team train newsrooms on strategies for demonstrating credibility and actively earning trust. She launched Trusting News in 2016 after a 20-year career in newsrooms and as a professor at the Missouri School of Journalism. She is based in Sarasota, Florida.
How Journalism Can Model Curiosity, Confront Bias and Reduce Polarization
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM CT
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM CT