Like the world order it sustains, journalism needs a tune-up

A collection of 2022 essays addressing a simple question with no easy answer: how can journalism thrive as both a public good and a business?

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Over dinner a few years ago a major political figure earnestly inquired about his prospects for a position in the news media: “After all, everyone knows that the internet has given you a bigger audience than ever, and so you must be swimming in money.”

Despite the potential applicant’s stellar resume the assumption was so backward that…