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What we can learn from the breathless reporting on Davos last week

A few days after the last private jets took off from Davos, it’s hard to think of many lasting consequences of this year’s summit

Caitlin Morrison
Tuesday 29 January 2019 02:53 GMT
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In the age of 24/7 news coverage, it sometimes seems like there’s never a quiet moment.

Stories are breaking every minute, and notifications of must-read news pop up on phones constantly.

This often belies the real state of affairs, which is that there are still days when a journalist will struggle to find something truly newsworthy.

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