tools for covering the presidency. joining me, professor rosen. also with us clarence page, columnist for the chicago tribune. professor rosen, we re working off the template you ve laid out in this article today which is must-reading for everyone in the media about the things we now know don t work. the things that have previously been of very high value to the news media in trying to kov politicians and the presidency. what do you think might work, and what are the main things for the media to steer away from that we ve proven do not work in covering donald trump? well, i think the first thing is to stop chasing access. access to misinformation and confusion is not necessarily going to help the press. i think lot of investment needs to be put io outside-in reporting, rather than
and what are the main things for the media to steer away from that we ve proven do not work in covering donald trump? well, i think the first thing is to stop chasing access. access to misinformation and confusion is not necessarily going to help the press. i think a lot of investment needs to be put into outside-in reporting, rather than inside-out in this sense. start from the rim of the government, from the agencies, from the civil servants, from the people on the margins and work towards the center rather than the reverse. in foreign policy, it might be trying to get information from other governments, rather than our own, because our own is not going to help you much. so maybe i m being a little facetious here. but maybe you send the interns to the briefing rooms and the experienced reporters outside, because most of what s going to