05/14/2026
I spent years believing the profession could be saved through exclusivity alone. What I failed to understand was that not every player in this industry shared the same incentive structure. Reporters fought to preserve a profession. Agencies fought to preserve labor supply, market share, and operational continuity. Once I understood that, everything changed. The future will not be secured by trying to lock everyone else out. It will be secured by building transparent systems of accountability, provenance, and trust around the legal record itself.
