Digital News Report 2025. Episode 3: From Rogan to Pod Save – How podcasts are reshaping news

In this episode of Future of Journalism, we look at levels of podcast consumption, what audiences say are their favourite podcasts, where they're being listened to and trends across countries. What is a news podcast nowadays? Some light entertainment podcasts discuss news, while a format designed for audio is thriving on visual platforms like YouTube. In this episode of Future of Journalism, we look at levels of podcast consumption, what audiences say are their favourite podcasts, where they're being listened to and trends across countries. We also look at the favoured platforms for listening, and how news publishers are using them for monetisation and engagement. The speakers Craig T. Robertson is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. His research focus includes news trust and credibility, fact-checking and verification, and how both partisan attitudes and epistemic beliefs factor into these domains. He is a co-author of the Digital News Report Host Mitali Mukherjee is the Director of the Reuters Institute and is a political economy journalist with more than two decades of experience in TV, print and digital journalism. Find a full transcript here: https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/news/our-podcast-digital-news-report-2025-episode-3-rogan-pod-save-how-podcasts-are-reshaping-news