Its hard to look at main stream news today and consider it a valuable public service. Cheapened by the sound bite and "gotcha" journalism, its notable for its general intellectual laziness. Its been in slow decline and many outlets deserve to die. But other formats rise. 1/
As one looks across this landscape, two general formats are emerging and starting to thrive. The first is true long format journalism, focused on unique (rather than popular) thought leaders. "Unherd", a YouTube production out of England is a good example. 2/
Perspective is fresh and unrehearsed, and their is a freedom of thought, that comes to the forefront, when interview length is unconstrained. An emerging Canadian equivalent is Trish Woods @WoodReporting, well worth a listen. 3/
The second is true "gum shoe" level journalism, very much embedded in the "now" of people"s working lives. Rebel news is an example of this format. Sometimes corny and a bit unpolished, there is an intrinsic honesty to the reporting that makes its voice unmistakable. 4/
Perhaps its best to view media as progressing through a creative destruction phase. As the old corporate model withers, a new viewer driven platform is emerging which is both informative and engaging. Reason for optimism. End.
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