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. @FilmInquiry is anti-clickbait, unconditionally inclusive, and offers a global perspective in its coverage. What's happening in journalism now, I saw coming in 2014 when I founded Film Inquiry. A thread on the status quo of the Press.
Press shot themselves in the foot by starting to give away their content for free online in the early 00s. This has become completely unsustainable. Clicks aren't worth anything anymore, so now: fear = clicks = money
More articles = more clicks = more money = more fear = more clicks = more articles
ad infinitum ad nauseam - we need to escape this loop. Cut yourself off of the toxic press cycle. Find outlets that value quality > quantity & treat ALL of their writers with dignity and respect.
ad infinitum ad nauseam - we need to escape this loop. Cut yourself off of the toxic press cycle. Find outlets that value quality > quantity & treat ALL of their writers with dignity and respect.
It's not much different for film press, where listicles and gossip are now the main sources of income, and journalists are treated like crap - the priorities are messed up
Look at it from their perspective: Why spend money on investigative journalism? Why spend money on writers at all when they can get anyone to write a "10 biggest easter eggs in XYZ Marvel Movie" listicle for $10 and cash in?
Quality is not rewarded in press today. Neither is integrity or truthfulness. This is why I started @FilmInquiry.
I wanted to break away from listicles, industry news, gossip, and focus on in-depth analysis of movies, with a team of people w/ all sorts of perspectives.
I wanted to break away from listicles, industry news, gossip, and focus on in-depth analysis of movies, with a team of people w/ all sorts of perspectives.
Movies are tools for discussion - Roger Ebert called them "empathy machines", and they are. They're our window into the world and teach us to understand and empathize with people we might otherwise never meet.
Film Inquiry uses film to encourage discussion about difficult topics
Film Inquiry uses film to encourage discussion about difficult topics
Support press outlets that are pushing the needle. Support press outlets that are not pushing dangerous narratives. Support press outlets that do not perpetuate fake news.
Find them and support them.
Find them and support them.
In film press, these are usually smaller platforms founded by passionate individuals. They don't get the clicks, and have a hard time surviving because the "big ones" drown them out (they don't have the 50-100 years of name recognition), and PR agents often treat them like crap.
Film Inquiry, I hope, is one of the outlets worth supporting. We are pushing the needle, involved in activism to improve representation in Hollywood, and use films as a tool to debate and encourage empathy. I hope you'll consider becoming a patron. https://www.filminquiry.com/membership/
By the way - @decorrespondent and @robwijnberg inspired me a lot at the time of founding @filminquiry (I'm Dutch). They have since created an English platform called @The_Corres, for all your #unbreakingnews.
And to follow up: this is the note I published yesterday about what @FilmInquiry does to address racism in the press & film industries and what film fans can do, too: https://twitter.com/FilmInquiry/status/1270008934938693636
