Thanks for commenting
I'm well aware that '...is the new black' is used that awfully cliched way. But it's only meaningful if the subject has some relevance to the cliché. Trust is something established media have always sought to establish. There's nothing new there. That's why US newspapers have employed fact checkers for decades. Without that relevance 'trust is the new black' simply becomes one more buzzphrase to join a million meaningless others. 
I can't agree that news curation is an excellent term if few people outside the small, cognoscenti audience for which this article was written, actually understand what it means. If he means editing he should say editing. Journalism is about clarity. I have to say you're the first person who's read this piece who seems to know what it means, which says it all for me. 