The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.

Never refuse an assignment except when there is a conflict of interest, a potential of danger to you or your family, or you hold a strongly biased attitude about the subject under focus.

Anyone who writes an autobiographical work at the age of 34 is, at best, presumptuous. It occurred to me that it was time to set the record straight.

Mistakes are not always the result of someone's ineptitude.

The most important event I covered was the Panama Canal debate, which dragged on for months.

By far my most perilous assignment was covering a tank car explosion.

News reporting is a cycle: No matter how much you work at sending a message, it's only successful if it's received.