Today has been, to say the least, a difficult day @MiamiHerald & across @mcclatchy. Yes, I’m safe FOR NOW to all who’ve been inquiring & I haven’t had time to answer. But so many of my colleagues, great journalists at this paper, across the chain and elsewhere, are not. They’ve lost their jobs & suddenly life as they knew it is looking a lot more uncertain. When we say support local journalism, when we, especially me, chastise you for copying and pasting stories, it’s because of moments like these. You will not always agree with our reporting or the angles we focus on, and most of us don’t get paid enough for either the job or the abuse we endure from readers (some real & others imaginary) but we are dedicated to keeping readers informed, giving voice to those who are often overlooked and dismissed and holding the powerful accountable. Do we always get it right? No. But if we aren’t doing it, guess what? To borrow from the phrase coined by my former boss while at that other paper- democracy dies in the dark. #Supportlocaljournalism