In early 2022 I unblocked Crikey’s political editor Bernard Keane on Twitter. I figured it was only polite before I began editing him. He graciously unblocked me too and neither of us acknowledged it. Little did I know, the first thing that would surprise me at Crikey was that Keane wasn’t the grumpy old bastard I’d expected. In fact, it was immediately apparent he was an editor’s dream — prolific (pitching and producing two entirely original pieces within a few hours each morning),...
