Molly Wood
First of all, the ProPublica reporting on Clarence Thomas and the Daily Beast story on Hershel Walker (ICYMI) are an amazing example of what happens when media stops taking assignments from Twitter and starts following the money again, and I LOVE to see it.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/emails-reveal-jaw-dropping-herschel-walker-money-scandal?ref=home
Emails Reveal ‘Jaw-Dropping’ Herschel Walker Money Scandal

Emails show Herschel Walker solicited hundreds of thousands of dollars for his own business from a billionaire donor, with the donor believing he was giving to Walker’s campaign.

The Daily Beast
May 4, 2023 at 8:02pmWeb
Show threadCrazyMyraMay 4, 2023
@mollywoodpro "Follow the money" is the cardinal rule of good journalism. Most public figures didn't get where they are by having popular policies.
Show threadWillMay 4, 2023
@mollywoodpro it’s still a problem how to monetize this work. Like, how can Journalism industry structure it so that if a story is broken by small town or niche paper, then gets picked up by WSJ or NYT, some compensation goes to who did the initial legwork or made the discovery. The ROI on this work is currently not great for most outlets, but it doesn’t have to be that way with a reasonable profit sharing model.