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I'm an expert on the NewsHour and it isn't how I practice journalism. I am not involved in the story. I serve only as a reporter or someone asking questions. I am not the story.

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.

It turned out I really didn't like journalism. I wanted to make up stories, not cover real events.

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 write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.

My job as a reporter is not to know what I think.

Most reporters who come to me get their stories directly from press releases. Very few do what one would consider to be their professional duty.

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.