When we report stories, we don't just want to talk to people who did the right thing. We want to talk to people who did the wrong thing.
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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.
I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report.
But there's a big difference between, say, reporting on a story and simply making up a story.
I never told a victim story about my imprisonment. Instead, I told a transformation story - about how prison changed my outlook, about how I saw that communication, truth, and trust are at the heart of power.
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.
Something even minor I do is going to be reported because of things that have happened in the past. You have to be aware of that.
I'm not going to name some of my colleagues who are very well-known for their television presentation, but they wouldn't know new information or how to report a story if it came up and bit them.
I think we need to tell stories that reflect our world.
I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.
I think we all have a responsibility to tell good stories.