Woster: The stories of the Legislature
“If you can sleep at night during session,’’ he said once, “you’re probably arrogant or not very bright.’’ Written By: Terry Woster | ×
Sometimes when I used to report on the South Dakota Legislature, I’d keep a separate file of funny or interesting quotes I heard in interviews, in committee meetings or in the halls outside the House or Senate.
My friend David Kranz called that practice “carrying a second notebook.’’ Some reporters, I gather, actually did carry a second notebook to store up the odds and ends that didn’t fit in any active story but that might someday be useful in a story or column. I usually just wrote such tidbits in the back of whatever notebook I happened to be working with that day. Later at the computer I’d transfer them to an electronic file.