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Stranded on Border, This Migrant Became the Camp Doctor - New York Times (mirror)
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- Paul Nyden, a longtime investigative reporter at the Charleston Gazette, used to say he had two tenets that guided his work. The first was: "Figure out who the bad guys are, and fuck 'em." And the second was: "Then fuck 'em again." Not exactly what they teach in J-school. But in West Virginia, where the entire arc of the state's history has been perverted by a seemingly endless run of bad guys, it's not only a justifiable approach to journalism; it's an essential one.
Losing the News - Pacific Standard
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Looking back: The Sunday Paper 2014.11.09-2015.11.08 Year in Review
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"Places are complicated things to love." - Heather Hansman, in Downriver: Into the Future of Water in the West.
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