When viewed as an ecology, news is not a product to be consumed but a conscious act  to engage with and produce shared information that has value in a community: This  is how cultures and societies create their histories.  In this systemic cultural context, news is no longer viewed as merely a hierarchically  derived economic transaction but as a progressive and egalitarian oppor tunity, responsibility and challenge for citizens to create and build community  through genuine dialogue. A simultaneous focus on both consumption and production— a genuine ecological approach to news—allows us to open up public  discourse to the collective…