2025 presents journalism with its Kobayashi Maru moment — an impossible scenario created by two converging forces. First, the 2024 U.S. election exposed how traditional media has lost its position as ...

Otago-born Hamish McKenzie co-founded subscription publishing start-up Substack, and is its Chief Writing Officer. The online platform allows writers, journalists and content creators to publish ...

A Pew Research poll taken during the 2024 presidential campaigns showed that 20% of Americans now get their news from social media influencers on various apps. Given the growing role of influencers in ...