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Michael Lewis reads my mind
The Gray Area with Sean Illing
The challenges of writing non-people based journalism
The speaker's journalism is mainly focused on abstract concepts and structures rather than individual people./nThe speaker finds it challenging to trust people's answers and prefers to rely on research and analysis of underlying questions./nThe speaker views themselves and the world as products of context./nResearching topics like the increasing polarization is a natural process for the speaker./nThe other person in the conversation finds it less interesting to write without a person involved and emphasizes the importance of having a question or idea./nTo write about people, the speaker spends enough time with them until they forget they are being written about./nInitially, people may have self-consciousness, but at some point, they surrender to the speaker's determination to understand who they are./nInterviewing is a crucial aspect of the speaker's approach.
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