A big change for me is that there's a lot of people taking a much more scientific approach to these phenomena. It's not just some person saying that they "sense a presence" or that they "feel an energy". Investigators are now using various instruments and recording devices, because weird feelings aren't recordable nor quantifiable. The scientific method involves gathering data and measurements, forming a hypothesis, setting up an experiment to test that hypothesis and gathering data measurements to repeat the cycle over and over. This seems to be what a lot of legitimate investigators are doing.
Of course this comes with a whole new set of charlatans and scammers who can fake data with the right technical knowledge. This is especially true with pictures and video clips that can be overlayed with CGI on even a modest computer these days.
For myself, personally, I have become better at analytical discussion and debate from hanging out with and talking to lawyers. A lawyer cannot simply dismiss a piece of evidence or testimony by saying "This can't be true because my client is innocent". This is called arguing from a conclusion rather than arguing towards a conclusion. The lawyer has to address the evidence or testimony head on and show why it doesn't stand on its own first, then argue that it doesn't show guilt second. This is the same way I approach skeptics who dismiss every single but of data as "obviously fake because ghosts/aliens/bigfoot/ect aren't real". They are ignoring the evidence arguing from a conclusion here, like someone covering their ears and saying "lalalala I'm not listening lalalala". So if a piece of evidence is fake, I want to follow the same scientific method in making that determination. First is a detailed explanation of how it was done, then test that theory by examining the video to find clues that these methods could have or were used. For example, I have seen some remarkable videos of cryptid activity, but suspect they are CGI. Taking a closer look reveals things like mismatched frame rates, mismatched lighting sources, mismatched shadows and shading along with all sorts of things that you'd find in a hastily made CGI composite video.