“It’s all going down.” Why journalism is up in flames. | Tina Brown

News doesn't sell. That's lethal to journalism – and democracy. - Apart from media giants like The New York Times and The Washington Post, nearly every news outlet is laying off journalists or collapsing completely. - The reason? No advertiser wants to put their ad next to serious, hard-edged news. Sensational content is favored by algorithms, and that isn't just annoying. It has terrifying consequences. - Journalists are the watchdogs of democracy. The more local news outlets and independent media disappear, the more those in power can do as they wish. Unreported scandals will fester and damage citizens. Corruption will go unchecked. Tina Brown is an award-winning journalist, editor, author and founder of the Women in the World summits. Between 1979 and 2017, she was editor-in-chief of Tatler, Vanity Fair, The New Yorker, and authored The Diana Chronicles and The Vanity Fair Diaries. (https://goo.gl/6RBBMC) Her podcast “TBD with Tina Brown” is available on Apple podcast. Read more at BigThink.com: http://bit.ly/2Sj5ytm Follow Big Think here: YouTube: http://goo.gl/CPTsV5 Facebook: http://bit.ly/1qJMX5g Twitter: https://twitter.com/bigthink