One of the best things about being a journalist is interviewing fascinating people with great stories.
The trick is being able to get them to talk about their great stories, which for a variety of reasons can be difficult.
Sometimes, writing things down results in more expansive storytelling, which is fine by me.
Ultimately, there are places like The Players Tribune that cut us middleman entirely out of the storytelling, although the stories told there often are used by journalists in their...