researching, collating information, writing the piece, editing and rewriting it to fit the jargon level to the intended audience, posting longform.
that's been the cycle for years because the news no longer hires journalists, outside of opinion pieces that are mixed in with pure fiction from the right wing and business interests.
one of the most important pieces of investigative journalism in the period immediately before the pandemic was... this leafly piece, somehow.
there's a whole series apparently, and they're all harder hitting than most places if you exclude ProPublica.
this is a partial list. remember, nowhere but leafly was covering this past "weed bad" and using it as a wedge to reverse legalization.
note the dates, it's over a year ago. I don't know if illicit carts have changed since then.
