“I thought, someone has to tell people what these people were like, historically, and tell the truth.”
Why Kara is the canonical The Journalist
One of the first mainstream journalists to take the digital revolution seriously, Swisher pioneered 'reported analysis' and co-founded Recode and the Code Conference. She is a canonical chronicler who held the tech industry's most powerful figures accountable.
The The Journalist controls information flow, builds reach and narratives. See the role on the 23-role map →
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