That explains residual disdain for efforts to promote “good news,” which had a burst of popularity during the pandemic. “But what is the alternative - to not report on what is happening because it makes people sad?” “Covering death day after day does get depressing,” Matthew Ingram wrote in Columbia Journalism Review. Many journalists see themselves as investigators responsible for pointing out the ills of society, a job that’s become tougher than ever with financial troubles that have emptied newsrooms. When they began promoting the idea to industry audiences, Bornstein of the Solutions Journalism Network recalled that they often saw impassive faces and folded arms in front of them. “It differentiates us from our competition and serves our communities,” said Chad Cross, who runs the CBS innovation lab.
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