News Influencers and Gen Z Are Reshaping News

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3. I suppose I'll remain stolid and old-school on this one

From my own chair, journalism's value is not simply delivering information in a relatable format. It's the rigorous process of investigating claims, testing assumptions, examining evidence, and weighing a story's merits, premise, and conclusions before presenting them to the public, and separates reporting from commentary. I think journalism demands more than attention and authenticity. It requires a professional standard of inquiry that is too often lost when reporting becomes a hobby rather than a discipline.