"There is No Future for Digtial News Unless We Build or Own Tech..."

From Nobel Prize Winning journalist #MariaRessa:

“The Rappler co-founder and chief executive, and 2021 Nobel laureate, called for collective action ‘This is existential for the planet – if journalism doesn’t survive, democracy dies,’ she said….‘We realised there is no future for digital news unless we build our own tech, because there are only three ways a digital news site, or any digital site, gets traffic: direct, search or social search….

With the roll-out of AI search, ‘the digital funnel is closing’ giving publishers no control over their distribution….So we will own our distribution, and we could strengthen our communities.”

https://www.gxpress.net/article/8413/ressa-explains-app-plan-for-a-shared-reality