The Power of Newsletters in Connecting the Social Impact Ecosystem
We truly live in an age of information overload. Through news outlets, social media, and countless platforms, we are constantly exposed to an overwhelming amount of content. In Korea especially, where IT infrastructure is highly advanced, it takes less than a second to find the information we need on a smartphone. The social impact sector is no exception. A vast amount of news and information is produced every day. Reflecting on my time as a journalist, whenever I covered a specific event and wrote an article, numerous similar articles would appear at once. This was because many reporters attended the same event, and media coverage was often based on press releases distributed by the organizers. In such an environment, it becomes surprisingly difficult to identify the information that truly matters. (As a journalist, I had to process far more information than most people. There were days when I wished someone would simply curate everything I needed to read.)...