When I embarked on this project, everyone told me that @miamiherald would back down and not do the story. Sources who had spoken to reporters at other news organizations said they didn’t want to talk to me because all the conversations they had w others had gone no place ....(1)
There were so many people who told me that @miamiherald would never do the real story behind Jeffrey Epstein that I went to @MindyMarques at the outset to make sure she understood that this was going to be a story about very powerful people...(2)
My editor, @caseyfrank1 had to personally assure one important source (who had never spoken) that the Miami Herald would not shelve the story under pressure. (3)..,
I hope that the public understands the pressure that all journalists face in going up against very powerful forces — and how important it is to support journalism — especially now. We are not the enemy of the people.
