If we don’t, who will?
An all too common refrain of late is that the news media in all its forms is in decay and disarray. The sources we used to count on for deep, investigative journalism have shrunk away from that duty of the fourth estate.
They’ve dramatically cut budgets, scope, and staff.
They’ve tailored their output to favor shallow, short-form, engagement-bait over true long-form journalism.
Why?
Money.