The Complicated, Distressing Relationship Teens Have With The News

Ellis Whiteson, 11, starts his day with Good Morning America. At school, he might spend time on Snapchat and Instagram looking for updates from friends or news from media organizations like ESPN and The Today Show. By the time he gets home, he sits down with his parents each evening to watch the nightly network news, “the one with Lester Holt,” he said.