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The Cost of Losing the People Who Know Things
Institutions die long before they collapse.
This may be happening to journalism right now.
The first symptom is the departure of the people who know things. The veteran reporter who can spot a fabricated source in five minutes. The military officer who understands logistics because he’s spent twenty years moving troops and supplies. The career civil servant who remembers why a rule exists because she was there when the last disaster happened.
These people rarely become famous. They’re often expensive, sometimes stubborn, and frequently irritating to management. They ask difficult questions…
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