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Episode 512: Audie Cornish

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Is There a Formula for Story Selection?

I think I learned very quickly that there were things that I could bring to the table that Robert Segal wasn't going to, right? Or Melissa Block or whoever. And most journalists in any newsroom know that there's sort of a culture to whatever place you're at and sometimes you have to learn to speak the language. For years, I just couldn't get pitches through, because I couldn't say it in the way that people would respond to. Then I kind of hit on a formula and was off to the races from there.

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