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By Jacques Poitras • Dec 24th, 2011 • Category: Essays, Feature Post, Goose Lane Authors

I am just a reporter, author and storyteller in a small province in Canada, a journalist devoted to covering seemingly prosaic concerns distant from the epic struggles, or literary hot spots, that marked the careers of Whitman, Hitchens and Havel. But lazy thinking and equivocation are universal, as is the need for clear thinking and clear writing.



The Story’s the Thing.

By Jacques Poitras • Sep 23rd, 2009 • Category: Essays, Feature Post, Goose Lane Authors

On the other hand, daily news is a work in progress, a constantly evolving account of the story-”history on the run,” as Thomas Griffith put it. As new information comes to light, the reporter can incorporate it into follow-up stories, coming ever closer to something resembling truth. Without subsequent editions, however, a book is immutable.