If Only So Many Of The Writers We Need Right Now Hadn’t Lost Their Jobs Highlight

In the online circles I travel in, some journalists have pointed out how this moment highlights the need for reporters and desks dedicated to video games and online culture. It’s a call that hits particularly close to home for me, who, along with Nathan, staffed The Washington Post’s gaming desk until it was shut down in 2023. In the time before and since, we’ve seen multiple gaming outlets closed, sold, or gutted, with many that remain being forced to churn out high volume, SEO-friendly copy for numbers-focused owners instead of the journalism and cultural analysis that were once, at least for a brief moment, common. The remaining journalists best suited to meet this moment, to help readers flooded with divisive rhetoric and misinformation, are facing an uphill battle to do that work.