Why I am proud to be a part of the Guardian | Margaret Sullivan

I've found that many people I speak with trust the Guardian's independent, mission-driven coverage of the news

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On election day last month, I spent some time interviewing poll workers in New York City.

When I introduced myself to one, I told her that I write a column for the Guardian and her immediate reply was thank you". I was a little taken aback: people don't normally react that way to journalists. Trust in the news media is low, and Donald Trump's unfair cries of fake news" and his efforts to depict journalists as enemies of the people" have taken their toll.