It's the launch of the Reuters Digital News Report 2020. 40 markets surveyed in Jan/Feb. Then 6 again in April to look at the Covid-19 impact #DNR20
In the UK, TV news was up 16 percentage points from Jan to April. Across the 6 countries surveyed in April, TV was up 5 percentage points. Online news consumption also up, social media up #DNR20
Traffic to the BBC site doubled during to Covid-19. “The traffic lift has been real," says @nicnewman "But the biggest impact on the news industry is likely to be economic." #DNR20
In the US, 20% of people surveyed for the Reuters Digital News Report now pay for news. It’s doubled in a few years. It’s up during Covid-19. 1/3 to 1/2 of subs go to the big brands in the US and UK. In Norway 64% of subs are to local brands #DNR20
Facebook is considered the biggest source of misinformation (though varies market to market), the survey found #DNR20 
Editorially curated products are essential. 16% of respondents get email newsletters; 31% listen to podcasts, with news increasingly important to the mix #DNR20
The Reuters Digital News Report summarised #DNR20
The local newspaper became part of the grieving process when people couldn't attend funerals, said editor of the Yorkshire Post @JayMitchinson. He made obits free and put them higher up, rather than in the BMD section #DNR20
Why do people pay for news? Distinctive content (UK: 64%), convenience / experience (UK: 58%) / mission (UK: 39%) #DNR20
In the UK, what might persuade non payers to pay for online news? Nothing would persuade me to pay = 50%, cheaper = 30%, ad-free = 14%, more valuable content = 9% #DNR20
In the UK, there's been a big fall in trust in the news by those who self-identify on the left #DNR20
Wow, BBC Sounds really has it in the UK. This shows proportion of podcast listeners that use each platform (UK and US). Findings of the #DNR20
We need a responsible publishers network and a responsible advertisers' consortium. And need them to work together. That was the editor of the Yorkshire Post responding to the #dnr20 findings that only 5% of people pay for local news in the UK. The £ for pageviews model is broken
