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When the editor announces a shift to food-porn style writing, it's after Ann returns from a monthlong vacation. The vacation obviously came too late, since Ann had already been putting on her brave-girl face for a few months. Can anyone begrudge the editor a change in personnel? Ann's fall from grace was a long time coming.
The rockstar writer began to lose her passion and started showing frustration with editorial policy. This was followed by a passive-aggressive policy of snipping critical magazine articles, after which she was finally replaced by a passionate and inexpensive amateur with some writing skill.