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I would like to be part of re-establishing journalism as a sacred part of American democracy as it once was, the industry right now is going through a tough time, said John Stanton, the former Washington Bureau chief at BuzzFeed News, during the press conference. Were at a crisis point in the industry, and its good that Congress is taking a look at these issues and how these big tech companies are affecting our ability to do our job. Stanton, who was laid off from BuzzFeed earlier this year, recently launched the Save Journalism project with Laura Bassett, the former senior politics reporter at HuffPost. Bassett was laid off from HuffPost in January. FACEBOOKS AVERAGE US USER SPENT 38 MINUTES PER DAY ON THE PLATFORM, A DROP FROM 2017, BUT INSTAGRAM USAGE INCREASED.