What they don’t teach you at school
Before Caro started working at Newsday, he does not know anything about investigative reporting. Thanks to his mentor at Newsday, Alan Hathway, he picked up a few tricks of the trade which he found very useful when he was writing his books. The first advice he got from Alan was “ Turn every page. Never assume anything. Turn every goddamned page.” This is how Caro was able to uncover a lot of critical information that he could have missed.
The other thing he learned is how to interview people to get information. There was a guy that Caro was investigating but he didn’t want to talk to Caro. So Alan told him to tell the guy “if he doesn’t, he’ll be eating his meals off a tin tray for the next ten years.” This is how Caro learned “When you need to get information from somebody, you have to find some way to get it.” This is another invaluable skill which helps Caro to get the crucial facts from a lot of people that he interviewed. Read More...
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