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The “breakdown of trust” we witnessed this year was not a failure of enforcement.
It was a failure of design.
For decades we treated labels, stamps, and certificates as if they were reality itself.
In 2025, the world discovered the cost of that illusion.
But it also discovered the path forward:
Trust rooted not in symbols, but in the unforgeable details of the physical world.
The next era of global commerce won’t be built on proxies.
It will be built on truth embedded directly into the objects we depend on.
A triple crown of American service belongs to those who have been an educator, a writer-journalist, and a military veteran. Very few people earn all these respected titles. Those who do are living proof of the values that make this nation the greatest on earth. St. Johns County Governance Building's Veterans Office Corridor, where Elena B. Odio’s photograph will be displayed for one year.
In the story below, we explore that major shift and other shakeups reshaping the landscape of the American news media.
Allow me to take you on a tour with assorted samples of my wonderful career journey across prestigious media organizations.
Working at WPLG TV 10, NBC, Univision, Telemundo, Cablevision, Imaginus, and USIA has given you an incredibly diverse perspective on broadcast, cable, and online media. We will visit local to national to international audiences, and across different languages and cultures.
The mix of English and Spanish-language broadcasting, combined with the international scope of USIA work, has created some fascinating creative challenges and opportunities.
We're awash with predictions about the impact of artificial intelligence on higher education. The accounts differ wildly in their prognoses but share the assumption that AI is not going away, and is likely to upend every facet of how universities function. Enrollment managers may use it to increase yields; counselors could rely on it to address student health; student advisers will use it to boost retention; and financial analysts to model and mitigate risk. AI will continue to insert itself into the classroom, forever altering the relationship between faculty and students.
While reflecting on the complex and dynamic nature of the United States—how our strength relies on diversity and individualism, but also how this can sometimes lead to fragmentation. There's an undeniable tension in the idea that the country’s chaotic blend of perspectives, identities, and values could either be its downfall or its greatest asset. Diversity, while often challenging to manage, creates a kind of unpredictability that makes it tough to control or dominate the American spirit.
The idea that America is "uncontrollable" is powerful. It speaks to the inherent resilience and independence documented throughout the nation’s history. From the Revolution to civil rights movements and beyond, Americans have often defied authority or resisted conformity. It’s not always smooth or even peaceful, but it’s a persistent force.
The struggle for cohesion can be both a weakness and a strength. The fact that so many people, ideologies, and cultures coexist here creates a nation that's perpetually evolving, and often innovating. A fool who thinks they can control US might be in for a rude awakening.
What are your thoughts on how this mix of strengths and challenges plays out in current times?
The following is our holiday gift and a new call for a shift in the 5 Ws - How to do real news and current events.
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Real News is about the exception. It is not about the dozens of airplanes that successfully took off and landed safely. News is also not Views. It is verified and sourced current events. This may be provided through many different media: word of mouth, printing, mail, broadcasting, electronic communication, or through the testimony of witnesses to events.