Generally, I don’t see assessments made about my area of study in the media because, as an English and Communications double major, we often are the ones creating media and thus exclude ourselves from the narrative. That being said, fake news spreading through social media often tends to be associated with professional communications staff. That notion is partly due to the rise in AI usage over the past four years. Many claim that written information likely comes from AI and is thus inaccurate. One article I found in the New Yorker about my degree is called The End of the English Major. This article explains that enrollment for the humanities, English in particular, has dropped drastically — upwards of 50% at some universities. One of the points made in this article is that technology of all kinds has streamlined the process of reading and writing to a point where being an English major is seen as unnecessary by many. One Harvard professor even claims that “students [arrive] at college with a sense that the unenlightened past had nothing left to teach.” Although I understand where this perception is coming from, I strongly disagree with the premise. I believe that good writing and professional communication are more critical now than ever before. In an age where there is so much fake media and information, those trained in producing accurate, quality work should be valued more, not less. But, of course, I’m biased.