“One thing I've discovered is that if you remain in contact with people, if you build longitudinal relationships, if you invest in sources who seem at first like they're uncomfortable or unwilling to talk, if you keep in touch with them, a year later that might yield something much more powerful.” PeopleIfsYearsFirstsSeemsMightPowerfulOne ThingSourceContactUncomfortableYieldUnwilling 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
“The journalist's job isn't to be someone's friend, or their psychologist, or anything other than what we actually are. And at the end of the day, that can definitely seem like such a strange, extractive relationship.” EndsSeemsJobsStrangeJournalistThe End Of The DayPsychologistAnd At The End Of The Day Author:Sarah Stillman
