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Thursday, December 7, 2006 12:00 AM

I love journalism but I hate asking uncomfortable questions

Have I chosen the right field? Or am I too shy?
By Cary Tennis

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  • Thursday, December 7, 2006 08:29 AM

    Wells is dumb

    Journalism is not all about afflicting the powerful. A lot of good journalism is, to be sure. A lot of it is also about having the discipline and internal quietude to shut the f up, open yourself to the people and place around you, and just observe.

    Think about narrative feature writing as a possible career choice. (But steel yourself to the fact you will sometimes have to ask difficult questions. You can do it.)

    BTW, Wells is probably an angry dude stuck on night cops who can't get along with his editors, if he's even that.

    —chris

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