Cathleen Balid

Cathleen Balid is a senior at The Mary Louis Academy. She is the Editor-in-Chief of her school's newspaper, the Mariel, and leads the International Committee of her school's Social Justice Club. Outside of school, she uses her stories to uplift Southeast Asian voices.

Opinion: Ti(c)k To(c)k: Journalists should imitate social media platforms to keep readers’ interest

by Cathleen Balid | Dec 30, 2023 | Opinion

In Nicholas Carr's 2010 novel "The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains," Carr famously argues that internet habits “shatter our brains” and “continue to reverberate… even when we’re not at a computer.” He asserts...