DETROIT Graham Media Groups President and CEO Emily Barr has been named Broadcasting and Cables 2020 Broadcaster of the Year. Graham Media Group is the parent company of KPRC 2. Additionally, Graham Media Group was named B+Cs Station Group of the Year in 2016 under Barrs leadership. Chicago-based Graham Media Group is comprised of seven local media hubs, Graham Digital and Social News Desk, delivering local news, programming, advertising solutions and digital media tools for television, online, mobile, OTT, podcasts and audio devices. Based in Detroit, Graham Digital is a digital media and technology development group widely recognized as a leading industry innovator.

Graham Media Group is announcing the launch of Trust Index, a new initiative to combat misinformation campaigns targeting local media. “We are providing timely training and processes to our six newsrooms to help in the fight against misinformation campaigns attacking local news.”Graham Media Group is partnering with Fathm, a global leader in the fight against misinformation. “It is fantastic to be working with an organization like Graham Media Group, which is putting a high-priority focus on such an important initiative,” Bell said. Later this year, Bell will complete newsroom training sessions for all Graham Media Group stations. Increasingly, the industry is seeing coordinated campaigns designed to trick local newsrooms into reporting false or misleading stories.