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The last decade has seen journalism take a substantial hit to its reputation, especially public confidence in the notion of the term "mainstream media". Said term even being frequently used as a pejorative in various scathing critiques of the field and its ethical standards. This is a brief discussion of the fact that despite the aforementioned concerns and challenges, within these volatile times -- especially the recent years involving a global pandemic as well as newer military conflicts the world over -- the journalism media, mainstream and otherwise, continues to serve a vital role in keeping people engaged with the facts, while also remaining financially viable and capable of adapting to the online medium.

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Despite plenty of public cynicism, journalism -- mainstream and especially independent -- remains both important for public engagement and financially lucrative. Here we briefly discuss these merits.

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Despite challenges faced by the waning confidence of public trust in media outlets, global events continue to stress the importance of individual journalistic initiative and the powerful role it continues to play in promoting public discourse.

In the wake of a global pandemic and the breakout of military conflict in the Ukraine, public attitude towards, as well as their reliance on, journalism and news media remains a mixed bag. Trust has certainly been on shaky ground for a good many years due to a confluence of factors, but yet a reliance on ...

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