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New! "The story is the difference" with West Wing Writer Vinca LaFleur.

Making Data Simple

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How Much Time Do You Spend Doing Research?

"I had never been to Belfast and I needed to get a sense in my mind of what it looked like," she says. "So you've got to really spend a ton of time." The speechwriter used microfiche from the Washington Post travel section for research. She also read books about the troubles, but then more contemporary press stories that were happening in real time.

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