Former 'Meet the Press' moderator Chuck Todd announced his departure from NBC News, emphasizing the importance of local media and entrepreneurship in regaining public trust. Todd plans to continue his podcast and explore new projects.
The former 'Meet the Press' moderator said in a memo to NBC News colleagues that Friday was his last day.
Todd said in a memo to NBC News colleagues that Friday was his last day. He’ll continue doing his podcast and said he’s considering new projects, but offered no details. "The media has a lot of work to do to win back the trust of viewers/listeners/readers and I’m convinced the best place to start is from the bottom up. At my core, I'm an entrepreneur — I spent my first 15 years professionally working for the company that started the political newsletter craze that dominates today. And this is a ripe moment," Todd said.
“National media can’t win trust back without having a robust partner locally and trying to game algorithms is no way to inform and report,” he wrote. “People are craving community and that’s something national media or the major social media companies can’t do as well as local media.”Reporting is key to winning back public support, he said. “If you do this job seeking popularity, or to simply be an activist,” he said, “you are doing this job incorrectly.
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