WaPo deprioritizing reporting on police misconduct

The why here is even worse than the decision itself:

So after nine years, I'm being let go by the Washington Post. This is disappointing but not surprising. In recent years, the Opinion leadership has made it increasingly difficult to do the reporting & in-depth analysis I was hired to do — in favor of short, hot takes.— Radley Balko (@radleybalko) October 1, 2022

Balko’s longer-form reporting — on Breonna Taylor’s murder, for example — was invaluable. I’m not sure why the Post preferred hot takes and then nothing at all, but given who they’re now hiring the trend is pretty clear. This is one indication of why the politics of LAW AND ORDER are so powerful.

Balko has started a SubStack — I subscribed and you might consider doing so too.