And you can't really cover people critically that you're friends with.

It's not a good thing to be friends with people you're covering. There's just no point in doing it. It's tempting, but they're not going to consider you their friend anyway. They just know that you're somebody that can do something for them.

Some of the most important stories don't lend themselves to television treatment.

Well, in features, and in writing especially, it's often the style of the writer comes in.

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.

And you can't really cover people critically that you're friends with.

I think television often has dismissed younger people. They figure, well, they're not really watching news, that's not our audience.