When I was in the thick of it, we were in one of the heydays of American journalism. Newspapers such as The New York Times and The Washington Post, along with a handful of magazines, like Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker, stimulated and curated a national debate that was spirited, sane, and fact-based. We were home to an astonishing gathering of talent. Our vision and sense of mission catalyzed readers into a community with knowledge and purpose.