I agree that context is sorely missing in a lot of news reporting these days. However I don't think there's enough content in the form of 'context' to justify a

I agree that context is sorely missing in a lot of news reporting these days. However I don't think there's enough content in the form of 'context' to justify a typically-staffed news outlet. I'd love to be proven wrong. It also seems like journalism is suffering a similar problem as software engineering, in that people think they can take shortcuts. "I'll just walk around and ask people questions" is not the same thing as journalism, just as "I'll write a To Do app" is not the same thing as doing software engineering. These are disciplines with exacting standards, quality levels, and rigor, and require years of diligent study and practice. And in the case of well-practiced journalism, it really is "the fourth estate", and we should be fearful of what our world becomes should that fourth estate ever crumble.