:01:01
lt's true,
journalism is hard work,
:01:04
everybody's under pressure, everybody's
grinding to get the issue out.
:01:07
Nobody's getting any sleep, but you are
allowed to smile every once in a while.
:01:11
l mean, even Woodward and Bernstein
went out for a burger now and then,
:01:15
and they won a Pulitzer.
:01:18
Some reporters think
it's political content
:01:21
that makes a story
memorable.
:01:22
l think it's the people
you find--
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their quirks, their flaws,
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what makes them funny,
what makes them human.
:01:29
Journalism is just the art
of capturing behavior.
:01:37
You have to know
who you're writing for.
:01:40
And you have to know
what you're good at.
:01:42
l record what people do,
:01:44
l find out what moves them,
what scares them,
:01:46
and l write that down.
:01:48
That way, they are the ones
telling the story.
:01:50
You know what? Those kind of pieces
can win Pulitzers too.
:02:48
''Contributing writer
for Harper's Magazine,
:02:52
contributing writer
for George magazine,
:02:56
contributing writer
for Rolling Stone,