It's gonna be short if it's news; put it at the top. Style's not an issue, just make it news.

It's gonna be short if it's news; put it at the top. Style's not an issue, just make it news.

Well, a lead is the most important thing about the story.

Television's very dependent on images. That's not what news is.

Well, news is anything that's interesting, that relates to what's happening in the world, what's happening in areas of the culture that would be of interest to your audience.

I came over here and worked for rock magazines, and I worked for Rolling Stone, which has a very high standard of journalism, a very good research department.

Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in.