The Vital Role of Local News

The role of a local journalist goes beyond simply reporting the news. They are the eyes and ears of our communities, telling stories that need to be heard, and giving voice to the voiceless. As we move further into the digital age, local journalists play an even more...

User-Generated Content Is Changing News

In the age of digital media, the news is now reported in real-time, and the news cycle never ends. With the rise of user-generated content (UGC), more and more people are turning to social media sources for their news. UGC has become an important source of information...

When it comes to news, money shouldn’t talk

Only 34% of Americans trust the news, and for many of those who don’t, influence and advertising dollars are part of the reason why. Time and time again there have been incidents of editors cutting parts of a news story because it would shine a bad light on a person...

WhatsApp, Privacy and TrueNews

Perhaps you’ve seen the latest commercials on WhatsApp, and how it offers privacy to you when you message people through it. WhatsApp is a company owned by Meta (Facebook). But can you trust WhatsApp and Meta?  No, you can’t. There are multiple pieces...

Coming back from stupid

Everybody knows someone who expresses opinions that mystify, regardless of where you stand politically. You have probably found yourself saying, “How can they think that? They don’t have a clue…”  TrueNews can help with this, I offer this viewpoint: It...

A brief history of news & a look at the future

News is not what it used to be – in more ways than one. Let’s take a look at how news has changed over the years, and how TrueNews.Global fits into its future. The first thing to understand is that for most of human history, the news was an oral tradition. That...