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.

  If you’re ready for an early summer escape, the sixth annual Upstate Art Weekend is just two weeks away. Founded by curator Helen Toomer as a celebration of local and regional creativity hubs, this massive, self-guided art experience breaks down gallery walls entirely. It transforms the pastoral landscape of the Hudson Valley and Catskills into an open-air art crawl on steroids. For five consecutive days this year, over 160 artists, open studios, non-profits, and maj...