About 40% of Americans actively avoid the news, according to a Reuters Institute study. Among them is journalist Amanda Ripley.So what needs to change? Ripley has an answer, and it begins with giving people hope:”There is some overlap between what journalism does and how humans actually process information, but not a huge amount,” Ripley says. “There’s a lot you would do differently if you were going to design news for human consumption.”Today, On Point: Americans are avoiding the news. What can journalists do?
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