“One thing I've discovered is that I never think of something that didn't work out as just "something that didn't work out." I think so often with investigative work, things that initially look like failures wind up leading to your biggest stories.” ThinkingLooksStoriesOne ThingWindWork Out Author:Sarah Stillman
“When everyone's focused on the conventional parts of war - doing infantry imbeds or chasing IEDs - you look at the thing that seems not that interesting to people, like the circumstances of logistics workers cooking the troops' food or cleaning their latrines.” PeopleLooksWarSeemsInterestingCircumstancesCookingWorkersFocusedTroopsConventionalCleaningChasingArt Of WarLogisticsInfantry Author:Sarah Stillman
“So much of our cultural representation of what an investigative journalist looks like, in movies and pop culture, is about this really testosterone-filled dude screaming, "Give me what you got!" I didn't see myself as someone who would be good at or comfortable with that.” GivingLooksWould BeCultureComfortableGive MeFilledPopsBe GoodJournalistRepresentationPop CultureTestosterone Author:Sarah Stillman