Fewer journalists but more reporting: YouTubers and Substack writers picked up the mantle, says Robinson
NathanSRobinson · x · 2026-10-13
Responding to levelsio's "nothing is ever dead, but close" take, Nathan Robinson argues that while the medium of journalism has transformed over 20 years, reporting itself endures.
- Far fewer traditional "journalists" today, but YouTubers, Substack writers, and X influencers have more than taken up reporting, analyzing, and storytelling
- He extends the analogy to building software: what and how we build will evolve, but builders won't stop
Core point: the shape changes, the doers persist. "Builders gon' build."
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