--- title: "WaPo publisher, incoming editor face questions about their journalistic records" description: "Evan Gershkovich's trial will be held behind closed doors, Daily Mail will launch a dozen shows on YouTube" date: "2024-06-20" authors: - name: "cstaubin" url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/newsletter/the-briefing/wapo-publisher-incoming-editor-face-questions-about-their-journalistic-records/" --- # WaPo publisher, incoming editor face questions about their journalistic records **☀️ Happy Thursday!** *The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information*.* [**Sign up here!**](https://www.pewresearch.org/sign-up-for-the-briefing/)* **In today*’*s email:** - **Featured story:** WaPo publisher and incoming editor face questions about their journalistic records after new reporting - **In other news:** WSJ reporter's Russian trial to be held behind closed doors - **Looking ahead:** Daily Mail will launch a dozen shows on YouTube - **Chart of the week:** Different sources for news on TikTok, X, Facebook and Instagram 🔥 **Featured story** **Washington Post publisher Will Lewis** and **incoming editor Robert Winnett** have faced questions about their journalistic records this week following [new reports of their past newsgathering practices](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/15/world/europe/will-lewis-records-uk-editor.html) in the United Kingdom, including their ties to **hacking **and **fraud**. The Post’s [own reporting](https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/06/16/washington-post-editor-robert-winnett/) about its new leadership also has spurred discussion of [how outlets cover themselves](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/17/business/media/washington-post-editor-turmoil.html). Our surveys have found that **many Americans have doubts about the ethical standards and transparency of journalists**. In a [2020 Pew Research Center survey](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/05/08/americans-are-more-negative-in-their-broader-views-of-journalists-than-they-are-toward-covid-19-coverage/), for example, more than half of U.S. adults (56%) said they think journalists have low or very low **ethical standards**. [That same year](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2020/08/31/americans-largely-see-news-organizations-as-opaque-particularly-when-it-comes-to-finances/), a similar share of Americans (57%) said news organizations do "not too well" or "not at all well" at telling their audiences about **how they choose and find sources.** 📌 **In other news** - Wall Street Journal reporter **Evan Gershkovich’s** Russian trial will be held [behind closed doors](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crggjv072v3o) - **Pentagon **[pushed anti-vaccine](https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/) content in the Philippines during COVID-19 pandemic aimed at undermining China’s influence - **ISIS **[mimicked news outlets](https://www.wired.com/story/isis-created-fake-cnn-and-al-jazeera-broadcasts/) in propaganda videos - **French National Rally party** says it will [privatize public broadcasting](https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/jun/17/national-rally-says-it-would-privatise-french-public-tv-if-it-wins-majority) if elected - **YouTube **is testing [a new crowdsourced feature](https://techcrunch.com/2024/06/17/youtube-is-experimenting-with-notes-a-crowdsourced-feature-that-lets-users-add-context-to-videos/) allowing users to add context to videos - A look at [BBC News Arabic’s](https://niemanreports.org/articles/we-are-keen-to-keep-listening-to-people-and-let-their-voices-be-heard-all-over-the-world/) **emergency radio service** in Gaza - **Sinclair Broadcast Group** pushes local news stories alleging [Biden is mentally unfit for office](https://popular.info/p/sinclair-floods-local-news-websites) 📅 **Looking ahead** **Daily Mail is set to launch a dozen shows on YouTube** by the end of this year, a strategic push into **long-form video** aimed at [generating more ad revenue](https://digiday.com/media/daily-mail-plans-to-debut-a-dozen-youtube-shows-in-2024-in-long-form-video-push/). The British tabloid has previously had success with short-form video, with about a billion monthly views on TikTok. According to a [2023 Center survey](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/fact-sheet/social-media-and-news-fact-sheet/), **82% of U.S. adults use YouTube, while 26% regularly get news there.** Meanwhile, 31% of U.S. adults use TikTok and 14% get news there. 📊 **Chart of the week** Americans who regularly get news on four major social media platforms report getting news from different sources on each site, according to our [recent survey](https://www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2024/06/12/how-americans-get-news-on-tiktok-x-facebook-and-instagram/). For example, most news consumers on **Facebook **and** Instagram** get news from **friends, family and acquaintances** on those sites, which is not the case on TikTok or X (formerly Twitter). **TikTok** news consumers are more likely than those on other sites to get news from **influencers or celebrities**, while those who regularly get news on **X** more commonly see news from **journalists or news organizations** there. ![News consumers on Facebook and Instagram are more likely to get news from friends and family; X news consumers more likely to get news from journalists](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2024/06/PJ_2024.06.12_social-media-platforms-news_0-05.webp?w=640) *👋 That's all for this week. * The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Sarah Naseer, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. 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