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Columbia Journalism Review / Feven Merid / Feb 24, 2025
“Walking the line between facts, expertise, opinions, speculation, and vitriol for tens of thousands of viewers is a difficult proposition. Both operations are still modest––Baker has part-time staffers who work on operations, production, project management; the Matthiases have a part-time producer and personal assistant––and pale in comparison with the layers of managerial and legal support network news can offer staff. Still, they see their jobs as filling a legitimate void in the media space for the things people seem to want: an open forum, direct access to experts, a deep dive into frightening and stratified worlds.”
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