As our former lives dissolve into uncertainty, facts are something solid to cling to | Lenore Taylor

Misinformation and dangerous conspiracy theories thrive when people are stressed and alone. At this moment democratic society desperately needs strong journalism
This is part of a series of essays by Australian writers responding to the challenges of 2020I have always worked with facts. I have sifted them for relevance, assembled them to make sense of things, and used them to construct an argument or to disagree with another point of view. Facts are, for journalists, the essential ingredient, li