“As a novelist, you deepen your characters as you go, adding layers. As a reporter, you try to peel layers away: observing subjects enough to get beneath the surface, re-questioning a source to find the facts. But these processes aren't so different.” TryingDifferentEnoughCharacterFactsProcessSubjectsSourceSurfaceNovelistsLayersQuestioningReportersObservingBeneath The Surface Author:Amy Waldman
“People tend to overlook the fact that North Korea's economy collapsed at about the same time as South Koreans lost faith in their own state. The late 1980s and early 1990s were a time when South Koreans were questioning the very legitimacy of their republic.” PeopleStatesFactsLostEconomyLateSouthRepublicQuestioningKoreaNorth KoreaKoreanLegitimacyLost Faith Author:Brian Reynolds Myers