But there's a big difference between, say, reporting on a story and simply making up a story.
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Newspaper reporting is really storytelling. We call our articles 'stories,' and we try to tell them in a way that even people who don't know all the background can understand them.
You have to go where the story is to report on it. As a journalist, you're essentially running to things that other people are running away from.
Stories are different every time you tell them - they allow so many possible narratives.
Whether the story reflects the facts is obviously a different matter.
I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.
Everybody's got a different way of telling a story - and has different stories to tell.
I tend to gravitate toward reporters who cover all aspects of the story: from personal aspects to the big picture that answer the 'so what' of a story.
That's always been my test for what makes a story: is this something journalists would gossip with each other about?
Everyone seems quite good at stories and making them up.
I don't actually see that much difference between telling stories in journalism and telling them on film. The tools are very different, but the basic idea is the same.