Quote of the Day | 0114

1. You can only be who you are—I was never going to be Mike Royko and never tried—but you can sharpen who you are.
John Carroll, the late, great L.A. Times and Baltimore Sun editor, once said that reporters tend to be explainers or indicters and that the best investigative teams pair the two. A lot of columnists are indicters. Some of us lean more toward the explainer type. Whichever one you are, it’s smart to push yourself to be a little more of the other.

Mary Schmich, 23 Things I’ve Learned from (Not) Being a Columnist


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