A big part of reporting is just being present. You have to show up ten days in a row to get the one telling detail.
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Reporting provides reminders that things are always more complicated than you think.
It's not just that reporting gives you a bigger slice of life, gives - lends verisimilitude to what you are doing - it's that it feeds the imagination.
There were days that I worked all the time, without a layoff, or a rest, finishing one picture and reporting for another sometimes on the same day.
In a world where companies increasingly know about their business in real time, it makes no sense that public reporting mostly follows the old quarterly schedule. Companies sit on vital information until reporting day, at which point the market goes crazy.
I think all good reporting is the same thing - the best attainable version of the truth.
The first step in good reporting is good snooping.
News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.
I'm convinced you can combine this with reporting integrity and accuracy.
I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report.
I didn't care for beat reporting, covering the same thing day after day - short attention span.