Journalism Educators release poll about trust of the press and public's grade of news coverage; also announce first-ever National News Engagement Day on October 7

AUSTIN, Texas, Sept. 18, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Results of AEJMC Poll, including trust of the press, compared to social media, and the public's grade of news coverage, will be released along with details of first-ever National News Engagement Day to be held Tuesday, October 7.  

WHEN:  Tuesday, September 23, 2014 at 2 p.m.

WHERE:  National Press Club
Murrow Room
529 14^th St., NW
Washington, D.C.  
(202) 662-7500

WHY: Poll identifies public concerns about the press that may be barriers to news engagement; National News Engagement Day seeks to overcome barriers and make news engagement a national priority again.

VISUALS: Data tables from the AEJMC Poll on Public Attitudes Toward the Press

• Public's trust of the press compared to Twitter and Facebook
• Public's grade on how well the press covers the news
• Public's attitudes about journalists and the value of news

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INTERVIEWS: AEJMC President and Director of AEJMC Poll; Executive Director of API and RTDNA Manager; Director of Fitzwater Center for Communication in New Hampshire; Director of Loyola University New Orleans School of Mass Communications; American University Journalism Division Director; and Howard University and University of Maryland students will be available for interviews.

ABOUT AEJMC: The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (www.aejmc.org), the sponsor of the poll and National News Engagement Day, is a nonprofit association of more than 3,700 journalism and communication educators, media professionals and graduate students. For more information about National News Engagement Day, an effort to show that being informed is empowering, enjoyable and essential for a healthy democracy, please visit www.newsengagement.org.  

Contact: Paula Poindexter, AEJMC President
(512) 695-6879
[email protected]

SOURCE The Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication