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If not managed well, our news consumption will consume us
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ZORA Fam,
We’re living in wild times with a daily news cycle that’s giving us severe whiplash. In just the past few days, we’ve discovered Ice Cube’s dangerous political ideologies after word got around that he worked with — and was being used by — the Trump administration. Jeffrey Toobin’s Zoom meeting got a little out of hand, as many folks joked, though the seriousness of it was no laughing matter for others. Feds revealed Russia and Iran interfered with our presidential election. Covid cases and deaths continue to spike. Unemployment struggles are rampant. Racism is still stealing dreams. Nigeria is bleeding.
And there are many more stories vying for our attention.
“News overload is taking a toll on us,” says writer Cherie Berkley in her recent essay for ZORA. But Berkley, a journalist whose job is to keep up with the news, assures us with proper boundaries we can limit the overwhelm of news.
For Berkley, those boundaries started with a media break that lasted nearly two weeks. Distancing herself from the news gave her a greater sense of clarity and allowed her to gain control of…
