Media Watch: Creator Journalism Is the Most Disruptive Threat the News Industry Has Seen, Says Ex-BBC News Chief
Broadcasters must urgently adapt to an existential threat from "creator journalism" that is causing audiences to shun traditional television news, That was the message delivered recently by Deborah Turness, the former CEO of BBC News. Speaking in a lecture in London in May, Turness pointed to a major decline in TV news audiences, stating that nearly 4 million fewer people had been sourcing their news from TV in the past five years, including streaming. "At the same time, we've seen a trebling of the number getting their news from YouTube - a 10-fold increase from TikTok," she said.
The DART Board: 06.17.2026
The Ark at Powerhouse Arts The cavernous, industrial expanse of Powerhouse Arts in Gowanus—a beautifully repurposed former power station—has been transformed into a sprawling, modern-day art sanctuary. Curated by Eric Fischl and Eric Shiner, the venue's main inaugural exhibition gathers over 90 animal sculptures and installations by 51 artists. It is an ambitious, visually stunning exploration of coexistence, vulnerability, and our shared precarity in an era of cli...

