My sibling is a journalist in DC. New hires at her paper get check marks right away. Seems like there's still a point-man that these new organizations contact.

My sibling is a journalist in DC. New hires at her paper get check marks right away. Seems like there's still a point-man that these new organizations contact. This is ripe for aa interesting article, but who wants to be the bad guy and end such a juicy perk?