Word: reporter
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...icons ranging from Kurt Cobain to Vincent van Gogh to Virginia Woolf. Equally sad and shocking, Strauss's profiles help fans and cult followers better understand how these brilliant, tortured souls crossed the line from depression to self-destruction. TIME talked to Strauss about what it was like to report on death and the surprises she uncovered...
...address those questions. Some say musician Elliott Smith could not possibly have stabbed himself through the chest without help. And everyone from authors to filmmakers have long believed that Courtney Love was involved in Kurt Cobain's death. Ultimately, we left it to the professionals. If the police report ruled it a suicide, we ruled it a suicide...
Were any of these stories almost too painful to report? As a Jew, [I found that] Hitler was very difficult to write about. Every other story here is a tribute and a celebration of someone's life, so we struggled with whether it was appropriate to include him. Ultimately we agreed Hitler could not be overlooked...
...TOKE claims to motivate students to steer away from marijuana use through social norms and other encouraging data and information. A sample report on the e-TOKE website shows primary marijuana use at “Fictional University” to be centered around males, freshmen, non-athletes, and non-Greeks. Interesting social norm implementation...
...Which countries do you hope to focus on? There are situations that have already been handed to us. There is a report from the Department of State on the war in Sri Lanka due in Congress [on Sept. 21]. Additionally, the office, together with the Secretary for Global Affairs and the Secretary of State, has the responsibility to collect information on ongoing atrocities, and it is then the responsibility of the President to determine what steps might be taken towards justice. Like the canary in the coal mine, we give the signal that something very serious is occurring...