There is perhaps no more studied — or worried-about — dimension of news over the past five to 10 years than the decline of media trust. It’s extremely well-documented at this point, across virtually all corners of the globe. And we now have hundreds of studies examining just about every facet of this decline — its causes, its effects, and its many proposed solutions.
But there’s one less-studied group of people for whom a declining trust in the news media might be particularly damaging for journalists: whistleblowers.
