Fair enough, but even looking at one of Bingo’s articles doesn’t hold a good comparison. I have no idea how long he takes, but the level of research doesn’t always easily equate to the amount of content. With 5 hours of research I can write a succinct read that takes about 5 minutes, something more in-depth that takes 20 minutes, or a podcast that runs an hour. If I add just an extra hour of research, I could up any of those 1.5x. The amount of research does not go up in proportion with the length or depth of content.
But really, if we’re talking an hour look at the new arena process for an AM radio station, I’m not seeing 80 hours of work there no matter how we cut it. There’s a big gap between what they’re doing now and award winning investigative journalism, it doesn’t require one or the other.
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