They are part of a growing army of young people making content about current events which attract more viewers on social media than videos published by the traditional media.
Some initiatives offering news content"designed by young people for young people", such as French firm Brut, have already become heavyweights, said Reuters Institute researcher Nic Newman.
Its founder, 25-year-old YouTuber Hugo Travers, told AFP he knows"how to talk to a generation" that simply"tunes out" when news is presented in a more traditional format. A large Spanish media firm made a bid for ac2ality but the four founders wanted to maintain their independence. Sophia Smith Galer, a 28-year-old British journalist with Vice News, has an account on TikTok where her videos on sexual health have been watched more than 130 million times."I am my own editor on that," she said.
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