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It's 2019, which is crazy. As an avid sci-fi reader, 2019 sounds like the future. 2001 was special because of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and 2015 was special because of Back to the Future II.
But this is 2019, the year of things like Blade Runner, where we have flying cars, fortress-like skyscrapers, android robots that are indistinguishable from humans and the City of Los Angeles being covered in never-ending rain. And I think we can all agree that they were pretty much spot on about all of these ...uh... yeah... never mind.
But being in 2019 is amazing. The sci-fi books and movies might not get everything right, but it feels like we are living in the future.
Back in January 2018, I wrote an article called "The Media Trends to Care about in 2018-2023", and today, one year later, it's time to update this for 2019 to 2024.
Obviously, because these trends have a five year span, everything I wrote back in 2018 is still as relevant today as it was back then. So if you haven't read last year's article, I will urge you to do that as well.
But now, let's take one step forward.
Or rather, I want to start this year's trend article on an important note.
One thing I noticed a lot in 2018 is how depressed people in the media industry are. We have seen an increased level of negativity; we have seen the media industry being more angry, and we have seen journalists in particular having very little hope for the future.
Around New Year for instance, I saw a lot of media tweets saying things similar to this:
I survived 2018, but then I remembered there is 2019.
Wait... what?
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