Exactly why these people are heroes.

By the world’s standards of chasing economic advantage, safety, and comfort, they make no sense. They rarely achieve widespread recognition, they put themselves in harm’s way, and they persist in a turbulent, cynical, and often thankless field.

But the work they do is vital to a functioning society, which is why one of a dictator’s first moves is attacking the free press.(As we’ve been seeing firsthand across the world).

Yeah, the “journalism industry” has had its challenges lately, especially when large corporate outfits have been insulting their readers with increasingly cynical business practices, and people are distracted more and more by vapid, empty content.

But this is a problem in almost every industry right now.

My point is that, regardless what the business may or may not be doing, these people are in this field to fight for something greater, and we need to support those people.