jack

I now present a step-by-step guide to turning "society isn't static" into a news report.

1. Report that participation in X is declining.
2. Mention that X experienced resurgences in 18XX, 19XX, 19YY, etc.[1] but young people think what old people do is silly.
3. Make tongue-in-cheek generalisations about the character of various nationalities.
4. Say that the name "supposedly" derives from blah blah blah plausible-sounding etymology[2]
5. Have a companion opinion article that wants to say "some change is inevitable" but instead provocatively phrases that as "good riddance".
6. Say X could be dead in [horizon of future] years.

It's not a bad article, it's just the same one that's written whenever any change happens. You can predict it all from the first line.

[1] To be honest I was pleasantly surprised with that level of research :)
[2] I was astounded by that level of disclaimer. Maybe we were too quick to postulate the death of print journalism, or maybe people griping about linguistic reporting had some effect!