Science

Journalism of all types is dying out. It’s incompatible with the end goals of capitalism, and the more business types try to bleed profit from it, the weaker it gets and the more beleaguered journalists become trying to do jobs meant for 3-4 people each. The “content” quality only matters insomuch as it draws just enough eyes to sell ads.

Been working in media for about a decade now - we need community driven journalism more than ever. We need to keep journalism out of the hands of those who only see it as a means to an end for wealth for themselves and parasitic shareholders.

This is so sad. Clinging to dated income models, and not shifting the way stories are told, it all feels so cheapened. The right thing to do now is shut it down altogether.

So, after a century of documenting the world, it was managed into the ground?

Hot Take: I presume a great deal more independent journalism to arise in the next few years. People writing their own news stories on social media, independent journalists like Johnny Harris and parts of substak, and perhaps even wikinews. I may be naive but I feel that the average person is going to get sick of being served more ads than content on major news sites.

(And yes, this is already happening but I suspect if will become mainstream)