Should you trust the Monitor? We asked one media watchdog to audit us.

We know identifying responsible, credible journalism in a sea of agenda-driven messages and misinformation can be exhausting and overwhelming. As people who study trust in news and train journalists to demonstrate credibility, we believe all people should have access to factual, evenhanded news that reflects their priorities and values.  

That’s why we were thrilled when Editor Mark Sappenfield invited our team at Trusting News to do an audit of the newsroom’s trust and transparency efforts as part of the staff’s Rebuilding Trust series. We have held The Christian Science Monitor up as an example for the news industry to follow, and we were eager to take a deeper dive into the newsroom’s practices.

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