Today the mighty pen needs a sword. Disaster always sets the stage for opportunity, fresh growth, new perspective. The demise of paper-based journalism threatens to put down our watchdog, weaken the forces that traditionally comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable, eliminate the institutions in our society which enforce civic accountability through their ability to expose and hold other institutions accountable. How can we create an economic model that supports investigative and accountability journalism? I say we start with beauty and work our way to truth.

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