My journalism predictions for 2022

“Democracy is bigger than Democrats and Republicans, and it’s incumbent upon journalists to defend it with all they have. I don’t believe they’re up to the task, but I’d love to be proven wrong.”

The past couple of years, the very kind people over at Nieman Journalism Lab have reached out to me as part of their end-of-year predictions feature. Last year, I predicted that 2021 would be the year the press couldn’t quit Trump, elevating him to the level of something of a “shadow president” in temporary exile. Based on the fact that there are plenty…