How Did You Develop Your Reporting Partnership?

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i was petrified that Bryan would be much better all this than me, and how few mistakes can i make in this process? It turns u i can still make many, even when im consciously thinking about it. The story threw us each for likelege at loops, you know, through the process. But it yet, it was fun working with somebody who had never done this before. We worked on it for so long that we were both kind of like changing and adapting as it happened. I think ultimately helped a lot in terms of us, in the way we report the stories.

Brian Reed and Hamza Syed are co-hosts of the new podcast The Trojan Horse Affair.

“I had lost all faith in the reporting that already happened on the subject matter. And that was my mentality with each source and each interviewer. I wanted the debate ended in the room because I didn't want commentary beyond it. I didn't want any kind of interpretation beyond it. I wanted the situation to be resolved there and then…. And without certain answers, I thought we weren't going to be able to speak about this matter in the way that I wanted to speak about it.” —Syed

“I both desperately wanted to know the answer of who wrote the letter, but kind of understood that we probably weren't going to get it beyond a shadow of a doubt. And I thought that I had transmitted that to Hamza and that he understood that. But as time went on, I realized that he had not accepted that as the likely outcome. And this is what was actually so energizing to work with you, Hamza. You never let your hope and desire and hunger to get that answer ever get dimmed. Like, ever.” —Reed

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