My questions are more journalistic wonders for Mandy and Liz. Y'all have gone from writing for the Island Packet to FITS News and now doing the podcast full-time. Have sources been more open (or less open) during these transitions? Were sources more apt to speak with you when you worked for a daily print/web organization or when its online-only organization? Also, do you miss writing news stories? I know covering this story on a daily basis and writing stories is tough, but do you miss the ability to tell a breaking news story in more than 140 (or however many) characters on Twitter?
I hate to into the minutiae of nomenclature, but this one trips me up a bit, especially since I listen to the pod when I’m skiing and generally am not in a position to rewind to listen for context. When you are referring to ‘acid test’, is that more or less the same thing as a litmus test?