Journalism minus the 'journalist'
Institutional distrust collapses the media down to the individual who is authentic, transparent, and relatable, uncompromised by murky institutional or corporate goals. News is now filtered through trustworthy messengers who are real, who “call it like they see it.”
Reporting on not just Substack, but Patreon, Cameo, Twitch, and OnlyFans, I find myself struck more by the similarities than the distinctions between the entertainers, artists, digital professionals, influencers, and journalists who populate these platforms. Though we like to consider ourselves distinct by dent of our craft’s supposedly elevated... See more