There will definitely be ways to get things that Triple N isn’t all that fond about publishing published and out there to the world (corruption included). The thing you have to watch out for is how many you publish, as one idea I’ve been toying around with is getting the MC fired if they go against Triple N’s wishes too much (like you mentioned) and having to work around that.
(Although as to how/if it’s going to be implemented is still something I’m playing with. As of right now my general motto for the game is try first, cut later if needed. A no holds barred for the first draft kind of mentality. Though whether or not it sticks will depend on how it goes when we get to it.)
The general thought as of now is that there will be a counter tacking up how many moments of defiance you’d show- and if it ever reaches a certain number they’d fire you. Then one of two things could happen- A: The MC is given the option to continue working under a false identity… with a new false identity. Basically a false identity sandwich. If they have a good relationship with Finley then perhaps they’d let the MC ghostwrite under their name- so that the MC could still accomplish their goal but would have a harder time getting from place to place without Triple N’s resources (ex. Take the opening decision of how to get to the party- without Triple N, the MC would have to find an entirely different way as none of those would work anymore- their blackmail with Ricky wouldn’t hold any water since they’d have no way to publish it anymore, they wouldn’t be able to get in as a reporter as they wouldn’t be a reporter anymore, and they couldn’t interview Yolanda for the very same reason.) or B: The MC would have to start up at a new newspaper or try to make their own (I’m a little hesitant for the last one because I’m still not quite sure how I would implement that into the current story. There’ll definitely be the option to branch off and try to start their own newspaper in the epilogue but in context of the current story moving that up would be a tad bit trickier. The former would be a bit easier- change some text here and there and still take away some of the resources the MC would have at Triple N. (again using the example of the party- The option to interview Yolanda would disappear since the paper wouldn’t be big enough for her to take the interview, Ricky might need some convincing that you’re still an actual threat to his image, but going in as a reporter would remain unchanged. Also I’m thinking if I go this last way I could count whether or not the MC has a good relationship with Daisy- as she might be their in should they ever need to get work with Sanctuary magazine instead of Triple N.
I don’t know if I’d have both of these be options, since already the main difficulty here is the mass amount of branching this could cause, and while, like I said, I am going for a no holds barred first draft I also do actually want to finish this story sometime in the future, aha. So if I were to keep this plot line in I’d probably only have one of these options in or keep both but simply narrow down the changes to taking away some options and adding in some flavor text in reference to when the MC is actually writing the articles or at the new office. (If they even had an office anymore). So essentially boiling it down to an increase in difficulty for the player who now has to work around the lack of resources that Triple N provides.
Something to consider, definitely.
Triple N is also exceedingly careful- even something wrapped in a way to make it look nice might not make it past them.
Not to say it wouldn’t get published but it’d have an effect on how they think of you as an asset.