How to Write a Goofball Twitter Thread

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I think it is just like one of those news stories that gets picked up because there's a bunch of little things going on at once and you've got enough to write a whole story. But I very quickly stopped thinking it was about me. And my job is to not step on and snuff that out. My job is to let it happen so that some of these things can be aired out and talked about whether or not they always pertain to me.

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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