Journalism will break from the hero narrative

Journalism will break from the hero narrative

Journalism must embrace complexity to have an abundant future. Our information infrastructure is built on the volcanoes of capitalism — a system that demands flattening, that rewards the derivative, that incentivizes stories designed to polarize rather than illuminate. This flattening doesn’t just distort our work; it enables erasure and makes authoritarianism’s job easier. Authoritarianism thrives on main-character energy. It needs a hero story…