“If you write something that gets a bad response, or someone commits candor or is off message, there are often consequences almost immediately when it appears in the paper or a magazine, that somebody gets called into the boss's office. And sometimes it can result in a loss of access for the reporter.” IfsWritingSometimesLossResultsOfficePaperMessagesConsequenceResponseAccessCommitMagazinesBossReportersCandor Author:Ron Suskind
“I had been a reporter for 15 years when I set out to write my first novel. I knew how to research an article or profile a subject - skills that I assumed would be useless when it came to fiction. It was from my imagination that the characters in my story would emerge.” WritingYearsFirstsCharacterStoriesWould BeImaginationFictionNovelSubjectsSkillsResearchUselessArticlesReportersMy ImaginationProfile Author:Amy Waldman
“I had a job on a newspaper in Wisconsin, and I started off as most reporters did back then: writing obits and free ad giveaways.” WritingJobsNewspapersAdsReportersWisconsin Author:Scott Glenn