News Overload Is Killing Us

Even journalists sometimes have to ditch the 24–7 news cycle

Cherie Berkley
ZORA
Published in
7 min readOct 21, 2020

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Smiling Black woman with headphones on looking at her computer with a cup of coffee in her hand.
Photo: 10'000 Hours/Getty Images

From Covid-19 and a high-stakes presidential election to domestic terrorism and reckoning with racial injustice, it seems harder than ever to stay informed while also staying emotionally intact. These uncertainties have made the world more on edge and less hopeful. It’s easy to get sucked into the news cycle for…

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Cherie Berkley
ZORA
Writer for

Cherie Berkley is an Atlanta-based multimedia journalist. She specializes in health and lifestyle topics. She is a foodie and enjoys exotic travel.