A Journal by RC Field
This space is a departure from the technical frameworks and industry blueprints found elsewhere in the Lab. This is my personal record of twenty years in the editorial trenches—documenting the shift from human-only newsrooms to the architecting of generative authority. The Strategist’s Log is where I share the “why” behind the “how.” It is a collection of professional reflections, ongoing experiments, and the lessons learned while navigating a career that spans over 10,000 articles. This is the human perspective on an industry in transition, written for those who value the judgment behind the code.
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How I Wrote Myself Out of a Job—And How AI Saved My Career
Before I went freelance, I was a corporate ladder climber. I started in a call center exactly two days after college graduation. Spent years bouncing between office roles. Through all of it, I was a writer. I always had a side hustle, a blog, something. But I never thought a “real” company would pay me