News avoidance has reached its highest ever level, with 47 per cent of people saying they actively avoid the news, up 6 per cent from last year. That’s according to Coimisiúin na Meán’s Digital News Report being launched later today. 

With Anton to discuss more is Dr Niamh Sammon, Assistant Lecturer and Programme Chair of the BA in Journalism at TU Dublin and former Producer on Channel 4 News.