Fitz has been a journalist for a very long time, when news was facts and not opinions. He pounds the pavement day after day, checking his facts multiple times and always makes the 7pm deadline for the printed paper. Pounding the digital pavement and posting about cats in pj's as news has no appeal to Fitz.
This is probably the best 93 page short story I've ever read. It has everything and is paced perfectly.