I used to get really tripped up when a source would say something like. "Wait, you don't know that?"
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It's empowering to remember "yes, I don't know that, and finding out is the exact point of this conversation"
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To write good stories, you don’t have to be the smartest in the room — just the most curious. It's a great lesson to remember.
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cause there are tons of scary smart people in this business. You don't have to be exactly like them to succeed. (Or so I hope!)
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I had this piece of advice from James Fallows taped to my cubicle wall for yearspic.twitter.com/Ge84htbL2c
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when I first started covering higher ed I was acutely aware of being 30+ yrs younger than everyone I interviewed/knowing NOTHING
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(hate to give one of the worst people in journalism a pageview, but that's from here: http://www.adweek.com/fishbowldc/tricks-of-the-trade-with-the-atlantics-james-fallows/66358 …)
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That Fallows quote is great. I sometimes joke with sources "I only have to sound smart in print."
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