This dataset consists of interview results related to the publication 'Schapals, Aljosha Karim & Bruns, Axel (2022) Responding to 'Fake News': Journalistic Perceptions of and Reactions to a Delegitimising Force. Media and Communication, 10(3), pp. 5-16. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/232835/'

For this journal article, a total of n = 33 interviews with senior editors and journalists were conducted in the United Kingdom (London) and Australia (Sydney and Melbourne) between 2017 and 2019. Research participants were asked questions on how they perceive and react to the 'fake news' phenomenon that has taken hold so effectively following the 2016 US Presidential Election. Access to research participants was faciliated using the Cision Media Database which the researchers had access to thanks to funding received for ARC160101211 Journalism beyond the Crisis, of which this journal article is an exercept. Following the data collection process, the interview data was transcribed and written up by clustering it into four themes: perceptions of 'fake news', reasons for 'fake news', consequences of 'fake news', and counterstrategies against 'fake news'.