The Urgent Quest for Slower, Better News
Actually, what we need first is:<p>1) A common and agreed upon standard definition of news.<p>Facts alone are not news. News also has importance and relevance. It&#x27;s not news simply because a (major) &quot;news&quot; outlet publishes it.<p>I ate eggs for breakfast. That&#x27;s truth &#x2F; fact. It&#x27;s not news.<p>2) A common and agreed upon standard definition of journalism &#x2F; journalist.<p>Again, working for a &quot;news&quot; outlet does not make you a journalist. Journalism is a verb. It&#x27;s a series of actions. It&#x27;s not a (self-anointed) title.<p>3) Transparency and full disclosure about what is news (objective) and what is op-ed (subjective).<p>True story: I&#x27;ve seen a friend who has formal higher edu training in journalism (major&#x27;ed or minor&#x27;ed, I don&#x27;t recall) take a (political) position on FB and then back up his &quot;facts&quot; with an op-ed piece. This isn&#x27;t uncommon.<p>Edit: Typos