Why more and more people are getting their news from social media

For the first time, more Americans are getting their news from social media than television, and the gap is closing in France and the UK. These findings and more came out of the 2025 Digital News Report by Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism. In FRANCE 24’s media show Scoop, we talk to journalist Sophia Smith Galer about why the change is occurring; how more and more journalists want to become content creators themselves; and how her app Sophiana can help them make the leap.