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HOW TRUE: Stories & Strategies of Nailing Stuff Down

Bill Mitchell

Journalists and other fact-finders share what it takes to get at the truth, including mistakes yielding their own lessons. Approaches and tips useful on the job and in everyday life.

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    Reporter, editor, teacher, publisher at Detroit Free Press, Time Magazine, Merc Center, Poynter Institute, Nat'l Catholic Reporter, et. al. Still learning from colleagues in & out of journalism who've figured out what it takes to get at the truth.

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