Working at a still-feels-new-to-me job as Graphics Director for Opinion at The New York Times. Our small team publishes arguments and guest essays supported by visual evidence, like these:

But I'm a believer in asking for help in order to cast a wider net. If you happen to stumble across an obscure-yet-newsworthy dataset, or have a strong feeling about a particular guest essayist that we should be approaching, or can't stop thinking about an argument that's itching you — pitches and tips are always welcome: [my hn username]@nytimes.com

It's really disillusioning to see the top comment in a front-page HN-thread require payment to even be read completely.

I can see that this isn't your personal design decision, but there is a literal paywall preventing you from communicating with me. This is absurd.

atyppo

FWIW, this extension has worked great for me, but it seems that the developer's support is dwindling for it: https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-chrome/