Newspapers are losing the battle against smartphones as the preferred place to learn the news, but one woman has found a way to bridge the divide and bring the print to the people.
Kelsey Russell makes TikToks in which she goes through a single article and explains the context along the way. “I got a subscription to the Sunday New York Times physical copy,” she said in one video. At first, she didn’t like reading from a small cellphone screen, and it was her doctor who brought her to print newspapers after suggesting she address her anxiety by going back to activities she enjoyed as a kid. “When I was little, I would read the newspaper with my parents,” she said. “So I said, ‘Let me just go back to what made me happy as a child.’”
“When I read the news on print, I actually had time to process what was going on.” Russell approaches her videos as a learning experience. She tries to read at least one newspaper a day. However, a part of Russell feared the bad news, and she said what she read often felt like depressing and disheartening. That experience isn’t unique; a recent report found many people actively choosing to avoid news because they consider news boring and despairing.
Despite the struggles, Russell’s unique approach has appealed to a wide audience, lifting her fame and influencing. She has almost 90,000 followers on TikTok and more than 5.3 million likes on her videos.
Still, Russell said she wasn’t seeking to revive (复兴) the print newspaper industry(a survey found that only 5% of adults preferred print publications) and she instead encouraged people to get their news from wherever they can. Her priority is simply that the news sources are credible. “Media literacy (素养) is bigger than just reading on print,” she said. “It’s also a great way for humans to think critically about the whole entire world.”
【小题1】Why did Russell start reading newspaper in TikToks?| A．To manage her stress. | B．To recall her childhood. |
| C．To digest current events. | D．To promote physical reading. |
| A．Managing audience engagement. |
| B．Addressing negative view of Tiktok. |
| C．Overcoming personal anxieties about news. |
| D．Approaching audience’s learning difficulties. |
| A．Attracting media’s attention. |
| B．Encouraging creative thinking. |
| C．Reviving the print newspaper industry. |
| D．Ensuring the reliability of news sources. |
| A．Print News Meets TikTok | B．News Revolution in TikTok |
| C．The Rise of Media Engagement | D．Improving Digital Media Literacy |
