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Mar 13, 2025

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A vibrant news studio with a professional news anchor sitting at the desk. The anchor, wearing a suit and tie, has a serious expression and is gesturing toward the screen behind them. On the screen, a massive, fiery meteor is hurtling toward Earth, with flames and smoke trailing behind it. The caption on the screen correctly reads: "Let's hear now from the pro-meteor voices." The scene is colorful, with bright blues, reds, and yellows emphasizing the dramatic nature of the broadcast. The newsroom is sleek and modern, with high-tech screens and a scrolling news ticker.

Journalism is in a crisis unprecedented in the modern era – and that’s a good time to reconsider how things are done. The industry has struggled mightily with a business model crisis brought on by the digital revolution, which decimated advertising, subscription and newsstand revenues. And now it faces a full-scale assault from the Trump administration …

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