Love It

“At this point, if you’re still in journalism, it should be because you love it. So many people in this world wake up every morning and work jobs they hate. I get to work a job I love. And that’s such a privilege.” 

—Tony Leys, veteran Des Moines Register reporter, “Inside the Shrinking Newsroom of the Newspaper that Shapes the Primaries,” POLITICO, April 26, 2019.

 

 

• Editorial Comment: At this point, if you’re still in journalism, you're getting lonely.

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