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Trust is the ultimate currency in the relationship that all institutions — businesses and brands, governments, NGOs, media — build with their stakeholders. Trust enables an organization to operate, lead and thrive. Join The TrustMakers (A podcast from Edelman and Advertising Week), where listeners connect with global experts to learn what it takes to build trust in today’s society.

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Building Trust in Election Coverage by Prioritizing the Citizens' Agenda
Lynn Walsh, Assistant Director of Trusting News, talks with Justin Blake, Executive Director of the Edelman Trust Institute, about the state of trust in the media during the 2024 U.S. election cycle. She lays out how journalists can build trust through transparency, engagement, and humility and how national media organizations should focus on providing people with content to help them make informed voting decisions. “[Newsrooms should] get on the record about their goals and mission with election coverage… If people see our coverage and they only see one story, how can we make sure they understand what our goals and mission are?” Lynn says.
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Gen Z Politician on What's Motivating the Youngest Voters
In the first episode of The TrustMakers’ 2024 U.S. election series, Joe Vogel, a member of Maryland’s House of Delegates, talks with Amanda Edelman, COO of Edelman’s Gen Z Lab, about young voters’ views of government. As a member of Gen Z himself, Delegate Vogel has perspective on what matters most to America’s youngest voting bloc this election season. “Young people do not want the toxic divisive policies. They want solutions to the challenges they’re facing,” Vogel says.
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CEO of global development NGO on grassroots trust-building
Kristin Lord, CEO of IREX, and Alex Heath, Edelman’s U.S. Head of Social Impact and Sustainability, discuss how global NGOs can build trust in society from the ground up by partnering with local non-profit organizations, building personal relationships, and reminding people what they have in common with one another. “You need to bring all the right stakeholders in and not just help them get to know each other but make sure they can work together to figure out what they both have in common that they want. The process of figuring that out together will help build trust,” Kristin says.
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Bloomberg Beta's Roy Bahat on Responsible AI in the Workplace
Roy Bahat, Head of Bloomberg Beta, joins Justin Blake, Executive Director of the Edelman Trust Institute to talk about why he thinks employers are the most trusted institution, based on data from the 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: Trust at Work, and how workplaces can responsibly integrate AI. “If we want an accelerated pace of technology adoption, there’s no solution but to incorporate the perspectives of those who are most affected,” he says.
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Dow Jones CEO Alamar Latour on How Media Can Evolve to Earn Trust
Almar Latour, publisher of the Wall Street Journal and CEO of Dow Jones, joins Edelman CEO Richard Edelman to discuss the release of WSJ reporter Evan Gershkovich who was wrongly imprisoned in Russia, the WSJ’s business model, and his hopeful vision for the media writ large. “It’s a great time for new ideas, to test new ways of reaching audiences. New news organizations are not going to look like the old newspaper, but they are going to address a need for a community to understand what is going on,” Almar says.