road. gives newsrooms tools to stay on that road. yes. so it s a matter of changing some practices and then thinking about new practices. but what does it mean to have journalism be pro democracy? it means you re constantly on the lookout for the unbuilding of democracy through changes in practice in politics. it means that you call out bad actors who are trying to undermine democracy. it means you no longer equate the two political parties. if one is emerging as an anti-democratic force and the other is playing by the rules of the game, you have to differentiate between that. but i m confident that people of goodwill in journalism can figure this out. i don t think people are as helpless as journalists sometimes present themselves when these kinds of changes are suggested. it s up to them to figure out what a more pro-democracy