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The News Is Broken, And Honestly, I’m Over It
Look, We’ve Got a Problem It was 2007, and I was a wet-behind-the-ears reporter at the Burlington Gazette. My editor, a grizzled veteran named Marcus (not his real name, but let’s call him that), pulled...
The News Cycle is Broken, and We’re All to Blame
Look, I’ve Been a Journalist for 20+ Years And let me tell you, the news cycle today is completley bonkers. I remember when I started at the Burlington Gazette back in ’98, things were different....
The News Is Broken, and I’m Tired of Pretending It’s Not
Look, I've Had It I'm Sarah, and I've been editing news for 22 years. That's right, 22. I started in 1998, back when we still used fax machines to send photos. (Kids, ask your parents.)...
The News Is Broken, and I’m Tired of Pretending It’s Not
We're in a crisis, folks Look, I've been in this business for 22 years. Started as a beat reporter in Burlington, Vermont, back when you could still afford to live there. Now? I'm a senior...
The News Is Broken, and I’m Tired of Pretending It’s Not
Look, We've Got a Problem It was about three months ago, at a conference in Austin, that I heard Marcus—let's call him that, because his real name doesn't matter—say something that stuck with me. "We're...