Is There a Formula for Story Selection?

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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.

Audie Cornish is a journalist and the former host of NPR’s All Things Considered. Her new CNN Audio podcast is The Assignment.

“I think there is journalism inherent in an interview. Like the interview itself should be considered a piece of journalism. It isn't always. Sometimes the vibe is that it’s a little window dressing or that it's personality driven and I don't subscribe to that. I think that it has its own journalism. It's my journalism.”

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