
The World is Dark and Full of Terrors
Or, thoughts on coping with all the bad things in the world
At its best, working in journalism offers a clear, if challenging, path to a fulfilling life. Journalists gather and synthesize information in an attempt to help others understand the world around them. Sometimes this means exposing corruption and betrayals of public trust. Sometimes it’s exploring aspects of health and wellness to help people navigate their physical and mental well-being. Other times, it’s recording events for the more routine, but no less important, purpose of leaving an account for future generations. In each of these examples (and the many more I don’t have space to enumerate), there’s a sense that what we are doing is bigger than ourselves; we are working towards making the world better. We often get to work in teams and with a fair degree of autonomy. Of course, not every publication and every newsroom is like this, but the potential is there.
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Πηγή: ragazzo.substack.com