“Doc” Itchitt is an earnest, wily young reporter who works for Doremus Jessup at the Daily Informer. He secretly opposes Windrip and the Corpo government, but he chooses to distance himself from Jessup, obey the government censors, and befriend Shad Ledue and Emil Staubmeyer in order to advance his career. Eventually, after Jessup quits the Informer, Itchitt essentially starts running the paper (even though Staubmeyer is officially the editor).