Good news is good business, but not a cure-all for journalism

From Columbia Journalism Review Mon Sep 29 2014, 12:00:00

By Lene Bech Sillesen Most news consumers probably know that the news these days is mostly dire, and that the act of staying informed about world events can leave us feeling more pessimistic, hopeless, and apathetic. The news is so bad it's even making the journalists covering it anxious and depressed. To counter bad-news fatigue, some media outlets, in addition to stories about...

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