Traditional journalism tended to pursue "to be the first" to cover the story.
Yes, the velocity of covering breaking news is still important.
However, when journalists may focus only on being the first, they may miss important information from stakeholders, cover mis/disinformation, and neglect solutions.
I may emphasize that journalists can be a little bit late, but journalists should make sure to cover feasible solutions to the problems.
Such a second-placed story can be different from the news that broke an issue first because journalists can cover more in-depth information and feasible solutions to the issue.