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Let's go back to the basics

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Let's go back to the basics

Fernanda Santos
May 6, 2022
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Let's go back to the basics

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When I was a staff writer for The New York Times, I developed the habit of writing down the questions I wanted answered while pursuing a story. These questions invariably started in the same way that we start our questions when we want to know more about something or someone — Who was at the party? What did they talk about? Why didn’t you go? In this video, we’ll talk about using these questions to help guide your reporting.

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