In the summer of 2020, Teyo Bero learned the lesson of “loving detachment”; she realised that too much love can make a problem worse. In this circumstance, her love came in the form of water. After two of her plants died, Bero invested in a moisture checker, which revealed to her that she had been overwatering her plants. She quickly spotted the similarity between her plants and her romantic life; just as she had been overwatering her dying plants, she found she was “spending…emotional energy trying to nurture something broken.” Read full article here
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Improving media literacy could boost trust towards the news, IMPRESS report suggests
The UK media is regulated by the likes of IPSO and Ofcom. The report by press regulator IMPRESS highlights the link between low levels of media literacy and trust in the news. The study found that three quarters of those who did not know if journalists were regulated did not trust the news. It suggests that improving media literacy is one way to stem the erosion of trust, and shows that audiences have an appetite for information on news processes. Stakeholders need to collaborate in order to rebuild trust in the news, and independent media is well placed to do this. Read full article here