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I Had a Dream Journalism Job. Here's Why I Quit.

The rot that hollowed out trust in corporate media finally reached OPB. I had to go.

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Ryan Haas
Feb 09, 2026
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“Truth/Optics,” by Joe Preston

The year was 2013 and the collapse of newspapers was apparent to anyone with eyes. Or at least to me, who had just seen their boss unceremoniously hauled out of his offi…

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