>> One of the great things was the fact that you really didn't know
from day-to-day what your job was going to be.
There was a certain amount of excitement, you got to be sort of on the front lines
when major events were taking place, everybody else was reading the next day in the paper
or watching it on television, you were there.
So that was always one of the great advantages.
And one of the things I also liked, and still like, writing is one of my --
I do that almost daily basis now, I publish for several publications in the area.
And so I'm constantly on deadline and it keeps me focused and [Inaudible].
>> Well the challenges, you know, there's always things that people don't want you to know,
and don't want you to tell everybody.
And so the ability to get people to confide in you and to trust you,
because you're basically -- you're only as good as your last story.
If you lose your reputation for honesty you're never going to get it back.
It's something that you have to preserve and protect, and you can't keep that integrity
by running fast and lose with the truth.
To be as accurate -- I always told people that the old idea
of objectivity really doesn't exist.
It's one of those little -- it's like the infinity symbol on a camera,
it's a theory but it doesn't really exist.
All you can do is be fair and be accurate.