What made online pundits so effective in the US election?
Beyond the president-elect’s often-expressed intent to retaliate against journalists he believes are unfairly attacking him is the agenda of Project 2025.
In the enthusiasm to increase clicks and views, it’s easy to lose sight of the core business of journalism in the rush to build website numbers.
Former CoP Gary Griffith authorised an increase in the unit from four officers to 23 emphasising a direct engagement with the public using social media, with an emphasis on Facebook.
“At the end of the day, our service is not growing fast enough to become a real business or a significant platform.”
It’s no longer simply enough to keep producing the same news menu for an aging demographic and milking that diminishing audience.
“In a developing country like Trinidad and Tobago where there are no specifications for a tertiary education to be a journalist.”
