Daniel Zwerdling on getting great tape

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The veteran NPR reporter recently talked to Nieman Storyboard about how he coaxes subjects into producing broadcast-quality answers to his questions on subjects like the epidemic of traumatic brain injuries among recent combat veterans. "Sometimes we get great tape through luck, but usually, Zwerdling says, it takes persistence, time, and someone higher up willing to spend the money for that," Julia Barton writes. "But of course there are other factors money can’t buy."

March 13, 2012

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