It feels to me like the key is going to be building longer, deeper relationships with other people that may never lead to them being sources in stories. Especially with the deeply-held norms around consent, exposure and content warnings.
That is to say, I think we're all going to have to become neighborhood reporters. We'll have to show up on the regular, really get to know people and show we're people too.
That's not a bad thing either. The more people that know me as "Nigel the person who has a dog named Pan and who can't sit still without giving themselves a side project," the fewer that will think of me as another cog in "The Media"
TLDR: We're gonna have to be people, and not just "Journalists on (insert social media name)."
That's both exciting (I do better with deep relationships) and kinda scary (harassment on social media made me pull back from sharing about myself the last 5+ years)
Anyway, I'll be here. I already paid for my instance! It's gonna be fascinating.
So in the spirit of being a person:
Hi, I'm Nigel! I'm a journalist in New York City. My focus is #dataviz, data analysis and dynamic storytelling.
When I'm not working, I like to keep busy with side projects. I wrote a note taking PWA called Web Notes, and I'm on a neverending quest to have a computer balance my checkbook for me.
This instance is for me and my wife. It's named after our interests: fashion and data viz. #introduction