Digital News Report 2026. Episode 6: Does the public want impartial news?

We discuss findings around people's attitudes towards impartiality when it comes to news n this episode of Future of Journalism, we focus on what people think of the idea of impartial news. We’ll discuss what impartiality means when it comes to news, whether people prefer news that takes particular lines, how these attitudes vary across countries, particularly when it comes to levels of social media use and political polarisation, and more. Speakers: Rasmus Kleis Nielsen is a Professor at the Department of Communication of the University of Copenhagen and a Senior Research Associate at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. He is a co-author of the Digital News Report 2026. Host Mitali Mukherjee is the Director of the Reuters Institute and is a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism. A full transcript can be found on this page: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2026-episode-6-does-public-want-impartial-news