Trump Has Covid

The digital world was flooded with content this week about the presidential debate, and right now, Trump’s positive COVID-19 test. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed, and I’m sure you’re probably sick of hearing it, but we all gotta vote this year! Snapchat had a study come out this week showing that 85% of Gen Zers believe that young people have the power to change things in this country and 82% say this pandemic made them realize that political leaders’ decisions impact the everyday lives of people. I found these stats super inspiring and powerful, and knowing that there are 23 million eligible Gen Z voters this year, it gives me some hope for our generation and our future. 

Guess what’s the top sought-after skill in potential employees during the covid era? According to LinkedIin, it’s effective communication. “As our interactions become more complex, the need for higher-level communication skills becomes more obvious and essential.”  🗣🗣🗣 I hear you!!! Keep talkin’, folks.

A quarter of US adults get their news from YouTube, according to a recent study. And only 23% of those views are actually on  “established news organizations”, like CNN or Fox’s YouTube channel. Another interesting take away from the report is that 48% of YouTube news-watchers said they’re looking for information and facts only on YouTube, while 51% said they are primarily looking for opinions and commentary.

Among Us is the newest app craze that has been making its way through Gen Z this past month. Launched by a team of three developers in 2018, Among Us features up to 10 players in a room who are either assigned to be crew members or imposters. The crew members work to complete a set of tasks (short mini-games) while the imposters try to kill all of the crew members without being suspected by their fellow players. The game -- which i must report is pretty addicting -- has, of course, resulted in many internet memes. It’s a cool way to hangout with friends in this socially distanced world we’re now living in.