- And long-term beat experience includes EDITORS! Blogging is great, I love blogging, but not all news can be blogging. Trust and consistency require that someone other than reporter read, question, line edit, and fact-check articles before they are published.
- A lot of people cannot just start a paid newsletter or become freelancers to sustain their careers. The sports, metro, and international desks did work that requires *team* resources, like legal checks, documents, access to archives, and long-term beat experience.
