We started out covering income inequality in the magazine [Mother Jones], but that ongoing body of work positioned - and sourced - us well to put both Occupy and the 47 percent in context.

It is a great vehicle for storytelling, especially for a certain kind of exhaustively reported, painstakingly fact-checked, and beautifully produced narrative.

We made an amazing video about Newtown's struggle to figure out what to do with all the letters and art sent to the town.

We've investigated the gun lobby and its political donations and how it spread the Stand Your Ground laws from Florida.

We love the flexibility that print and digital formats give us, and diving deep on a print feature can be one step in a longer project that generates a lot of digital stories.

Vision is an important part of being a good editor, but so is teamwork and grace.

In my youth, I was always one for the dramatic entrance. Now, in keeping with my character, I gravitate more toward the subtle and refined. Okay, with the occasional feathered serpent thrown in.

In the lack of judgment great harm arises, but one vote cast can set right a house.

Sometimes I think, I need to think before I speak. And then other times I think, I shouldn't leave the house or interact with people ever.

Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Everyone thinks you're so strong and self-confident, but inside you're a frightened child, waiting to suffer betrayal again from those who should love you most.

Why would I want anything that's private to become entertainment for other people?

Dedicate yourself to expressing your best.

Turn on its noiseless hinges, delicate sleep!

The more generous we are, the more joyous we become.

Our ideas must agree with realities, be such realities concrete or abstract