2022 will be the year of structured media.

We entered January 2021 with a feeling of cautious optimism, with the chaotic and divisive nature of the election season seemed behind us and vaccines rolling out globally. For the first time in almost a year, we began to see the light at the end of the profound pandemic tunnel. “Return to normalcy is just around the corner,” promised global leaders and medical experts. Do you feel “normal” returned this year? Neither do I.

We thought this year would be a safe haven, a long-awaited return to structure and daily routine. But when rioters breached the capitol building in January, it was immediately evident that this year’s theme would not be stability.

This year, we have grown conditioned to chaos. Countless headlines on topics such as vaccine mandates, school closures, and two devastating strains of coronavirus, and we still have no relief from the constant stream of information disrupting our everyday lives.

• Take a jab at it — How many different COVID vaccines have been approved for use by the World Health Organization (WHO) since the start of the pandemic? (answer below)

Remember: misinformation is a product. It’s manufactured to invoke fear, anger, and action. We must remember that the truth just…is. It doesn’t require debate or cable TV opinion journalists. Truth is not sensational. Truth is boring. Truth doesn’t sell many ads. Truth isn’t designed to fit into a news feed or on prime time cable. And that leaves a lot of open space to fill our social and news…