CRISIS IN DEMOCRACY: CRISIS IN DEMOCRACY: RENEWING TRUST IN AMERICA RENEWING TRUST IN AMERICA THE REPORT OF THE KNIGHT COMMISSION ON TRUST, MEDIA AND DEMOCRACY This is a project of the Aspen Institute Communications and Society Program and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. 19/002 The Knight Commission invites you to join the public dialogue on this report beginning February 2019 at http://as.pn/trust or by using the Twitter hashtag #knightcomm Copyright © 2019 by the Aspen Institute The Aspen Institute 2300 N Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20037 Published in the United States of America in 2019 by the Aspen Institute All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution- Noncommercial 4.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/us/. Individuals are encouraged to cite this report and its contents. In doing so, please include the following attribution: Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy, Crisis in Democracy: Renewing Trust in America, Washington, D.C.: The Aspen Institute, February 2019. For more information, contact: To purchase additional copies of The Aspen Institute this report, please contact: Communications and Society Program The Aspen Institute 2300 N Street, NW Publications Office Suite 700 P.O. Box 222 Washington, DC 20037 Carmichael Road Phone: (202) 736-5818 Queenstown, Maryland 21658 Phone: (410) 820-5326 Email:
[email protected] Publication design by Miller Creative Group Website design by the Aspen Institute CONTENTS Statement by the Co-Chairs, Tony Marx and Jamie Woodson 2 Executive Summary 5 Crisis in Democracy: Renewing Trust in America The Report of the Knight Commission on Trust, Media and Democracy Part I.