How much is too much news?
Top Story: How much is too much news?
If you are so exhausted by the news cycle that you feel like it’s Monday of next week already… you are not alone.
But unlike some people who can afford to tune it out, you can't.
It’s your job to listen. And record.
All this can make you feel like Trump’s main job — when he isn’t humiliating federal workers, foreign leaders, and his own vice president — is to torture you with alarming news overload.
All to say:
Dear journalists,
Do what you need to do right now to preserve your sanity, take time to get your mind off of it, and stay focused on being who you want to be during an era you probably wish you were not here to witness.
The Oscar-nominated movie I’m Still Here has been a huge source of inspiration for us here at Reporting Right.
And when you are on the job, here are a few things to think about.
1. Stay laser focused on how action and inaction in DC is hurting people in your community in real ways. And get creative about how to tell that story.
2. Stick together. We have seen a lot of distressing reports of media outlets getting shut out of — not just The White House — but other public meetings. If one of your area outfits falls victim to this, show solidarity.
Step in and offer to share your reporting. Get the news outlet the news they need, so they can report it.
3. Rethink how you fact check. There is so much misinformation circulating the web right now. But you have to be careful that your efforts to set the record straight don’t make it all worse.
“A reliable way to make people believe in falsehoods is frequent repetition, because familiarity is not easily distinguished from truth.”
— Daniel Kahneman (author of Thinking Fast and Slow)
GET TIPS ON SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT HERE:
4. Know that what you are doing, is really brave. We need vigilant reporting. And you are on the front lines.
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We’re Listening To
This Ezra Klein podcast with Martin Gurri about the media, the internet, the government.
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Our Staff
Executive Editor Kyle Spencer
Our Board of Advisors
Alex Aronson, executive director of Court Accountability
David Armiak, research director for the Center for Media and Democracy
Connor Gibson, founder of Grassrootbeer Investigations
Maurice Cunningham, retired associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts at Boston and author of Dark Money and The Politics of School Privatization.
Isaac Kamola, associate professor of political science at Trinity College, founder of Faculty First Responders and co-author of Free Speech and Koch Money, Manufacturing a Campus Culture War
Nancy MacLean, William H. Chafe distinguished professor of history and public policy at Duke University and author of Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right’s Stealth Plan for America
Ralph Wilson, founder of the Corporate Genome Project and co-author of Free Speech and Koch Money, Manufacturing a Campus Culture War
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