Trust in media across the world is in decline. Fully two-thirds of people surveyed as part of Edelman’s Trust Barometer 2018 believe that media organizations are more interested in attracting big a...
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Tracie Powell
senior fellow Democracy Fund
Tracie Powell is a senior fellow for Democracy Fund, a bipartisan foundation established by eBay founder and philanthropist Pierre Omidyar to help ensure that the American people come first in our democracy. It was created out of a deep respect for the U.S. Constitution and our nation's core democratic values. Tracie is also founder of AllDigitocracy which focuses on media and its impact on diverse communities.
She earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center and clerked for the U.S. Department of Justice. Having developed some expertise in media policy and regulatory issues that she thought journalists should be aware of, Tracie began writing for the Poynter Institute and the Columbia Journalism Review before being named a John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University in 2016. Her early career involved reporting and editing jobs at The Augusta Chronicle, The Austin American-Statesman and BlackAmericaWeb.com, People and Newsweek magazines.
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is an organization that defends the right of journalists to report without fear of reprisal. While all journalists face threats, our research indicates that ...