On Nieman Storyboard, Peter Slevin discusses writing his biography of Michelle Obama, including how he built a network of sources who gave him insight into the First Lady's early life: "The outreach to prospective sources seemed endless, and it did not always bear fruit, but it forced me to crystallize my thinking. What was it again that I was hoping to accomplish? Where, exactly, did this person fit into the narrative? What was the most valuable question I could ask?"
July 12, 2015
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