One of the less-helpful things the media does is predict things: elections, wars, economic trends. First, we’re usually wrong. Second, predicting doesn’t really help understanding. 

Today’s Monitor presents an alternative. Many people are trying to predict what will happen in Gaza or Venezuela. What we do, instead, is look at where people are working toward outcomes.

Of course, we don’t know what will happen. But the future is made by those working to shape it. Wars will end. Elections will finish. Who is working toward that moment, and what variables are in play? That’s more than guesswork. It’s constructive journalism.