News avoidance solutions according to publishers worldwide 2023

A global report held among industry leaders looking at trends in journalism and news revealed that 67 percent of respondents considered explanatory journalism to be very important in combating news avoidance and fatigue. Despite news avoidance often occurring due to audiences feeling overwhelmed or saddened by certain news topics, the idea of combating news fatigue with positive news stories was only considered to be an important initiative by 21 percent of publishers.

Most important initiatives to combat news avoidance and fatigue according to news publishers worldwide as of December 2023

Characteristic	Share of respondents
Better explanation of complex stories	67%
Solutions/constructive journalism	44%
More inspiring human stories	43%
Diverse presenting reporting team	35%
Simpler language/accessible formats	35%
More positive news	21%
More fun or entertaining news	18%

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Release date

January 2024

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

November to December 2023

Number of respondents

300 respondents

Age group

18 years and older

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among those who said each approach was extremely or very important; results reflect responses from industry leaders from 32 countries selected to reflect a strategic sample of select industry leaders from 53 countries, not a representative sample

Method of interview

Online survey

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