I Learned To Code. Here's Why You Don't Need To

Back in the 2010s, laid-off journalists were often told to "learn to code"

For a while in the 2010s, “learn to code” was advice that I heard repeated by different voices from across the political and social spectrums, on both sides of the Atlantic ocean.

For example, I remember in January 2019 a number of media companies including The Huffington Post, and Buzz Feed announced layoffs of journalists. A whole load of strangers att…