JournalistFellowshipPaper.Doingmorewithless:howto‘decontentify’yournewsroomByMehrajD.LoneApril2022HilaryTermSponsor:Facebook1ContentsAcknowledgements3Introduction4Thegenesisofcontentification6Whyiscontentificationaproblem?8Whycutcontent?12Howtocutcontent24Limitations30Conclusion332AcknowledgementsToeveryonewhohelpedmakethispossible,jazakallah.3IntroductionPopartistMiroslav‘Meky’Žbirka’sdeathon10November2021shouldhavelaunchedatorrentofnewsreportsinhisnativeSlovakia–anditdid.JustnotatDenníkN,whichputoutonlyabriefalert:“MiroslavŽbirkahasdied,aged69.‘Thenewsofmydeathistrue,’Mekywouldsayifhewerealive,thesinger’sFacebookpageannounced.Itwasconfirmed...