While tech journalists recently have embraced a watchdog role, they could be even more useful by focusing on solutions rather than palace intrigue and villains
In March, when Mark Zuckerberg called for new regulations on internet companies, journalists rightly covered the move with skepticism. Tweets: @cjr , @carnage4life , @lowellheddings , @journalismfest , @towcenter , and @samthielman Tweets: @cjr : Tech journalists can find inspiration in the “solutions journalism” movement https://www.cjr.org/... Dare Obasanjo / @carnage4life : I agree with the idea we need a 3rd era of tech journalism. First there was the cheerleading era where every story about FAANG was positive. In the current era nearly every story is negative. Neither era served to fully inform readers and viewers. https://www.cjr.org/... Lowell Heddings / @lowellheddings : This article proposes that tech “journalists” stop being journalists and become activists. Which is a good way to erode the public's remaining trust in journalism. People can smell an agenda a thousand miles away. https://twitter.com/... Journalism Festival / @journalismfest : “It's entirely possible for tech journalism to embrace a more solutions-oriented approach.” https://www.cjr.org/... via @CJR @towcenter : “...interrogating our digital reality is rare, and hard...it's easy to understand how readers might feel powerless or resigned to whatever terms the distant overlords of that infrastructure offer.” https://www.cjr.org/... @samthielman : Today for the @TowCenter, our terrific fellow @amnadler and his excellent colleagues @Hamsini_S and @dorontaussig advocate for a tech journalism that, having graduated from mindless boosterism to much-needed skepticism, seeks out a better world: https://www.cjr.org/... via @CJR