ann-arcana

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Writer, game designer, engineer, bisexual tranthing, FFXIV addict

OC: Anna Verde - Primal/Excalibur, Empyreum W12 P14

Mare: E6M76HDMVU
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NireBryce
@NireBryce

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.


NireBryce
@NireBryce

one of the most important pieces of investigative journalism in the period immediately before the pandemic was... this leafly piece, somehow.


NireBryce
@NireBryce

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.


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in reply to @NireBryce's post:

something I continually run into my career is that these stories - well reported pieces in general - are almost definitely ridiculously, almost charity-level unlivable income to work on as a freelancer, or your schedule is so full as a staffer that you can say goodbye to ever living a life, because you will be picking this up as extra work; the clicks demand it. There is no money in strong reporting anymore, because the system is designed not to reward it.