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We Do Stories
Terry Ann Knopf in Boston Globe Magazine, in Reader's Digest
We Do Stories
Terry Ann Knopf in Boston Globe Magazine, in Reader's Digest
Don Hewitt, creator of "60 Minutes," on his special talent as a journalist:
My philosophy is simple. It's what little kids say to their parents: "Tell me a story." Even the people who wrote the Bible knew that when you deal with issues, you tell stories. The issue was evil; the story was Noah.
I've had producers say, "We've got to do something on acid rain." I say, "Hold it. Acid rain is not a story. Acid rain is a topic. We don't do topics. Find me someone who has to deal with the problem of acid rain. Now you have a story."
