Extremely interesting talk, thank you! I can absolutely relate to the view that progress is (also literally) blocked, and that a huge part of this started with the whole so-called war on terror. Though I'm not a journalist myself, I'm constantly "monitoring" what is going on in the news, in politics, well, generally on this planet, and I have become more and more frustrated with the limited amount of topics and also perspectives that can be found in most of the current media, and also with the decline in quality. A few years ago I did actually believe that the main reason was the lack of fair payment (which was/is a fact, at least here in Germany, this I know also from experience), but today I think there's "more" to that. Not only agencies don't want change, I am thinking many people don't want fundamental change, either (again, I'm mainly referring to central Europe here). Maybe it's just the fear of "getting out of the quite comfortable bubble", in my view, though, there's something like a fear of freedom. But that's just a thought on the side.
Anyway, I hope that Steemit will continue to be the place for everybody who likes to share content, to support quality content, and this also means quality journalism - especially fresh perspectives, topics that wouldn't even be a topic on "conventional" news. I'm really excited about journalism on Steemit!
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