I was feeling a bit sorry for myself yesterday, peering pitifully at my trusty digital tape recorder, not looking forward to hours of interview transcription. I love being a journalist, really get off on doing interviews with fascinating characters and trying to capture their essence in print. It's what I live for, really. But I do not live to do transcribing. Old school fellars never taped interviews and I resisted technology for ages, but somewhere along the line, my brain got soft and I realized that the digital tape recorder was an invaluable tool to get accurate quotes and, basically, ensure that you don't get sued. It's come in handy on a couple of occasions with very difficult subjects who basically accused me of quoting them out of context or inaccurately. The recorder has saved me. It also made them look like fools. Ah ha! But transcription is a dreary and laborious occupation and I hate it more than doing dishes. Anyway, half-way through the transc...
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