During the craziness of the 2016 election cycle, one of the most prominent reporters to emerge in the public's mind was David Fahrenthold. Certainly, while I was posting snippets and links as part of this blog, he and Newsweeks' Kurt Eichenwald were names I saw with frequency, often sharing breaking news that was the highlight of the week.
Fahrenthold shared his thoughts about his coverage of Donald Trump, beginning with the president-elect's failure to comply with his own promises to donate to charity and winding into deeper and deeper absurdities, as can only come with the full Trump experience. The article shows how Fahrenthold used a mix of classic newspaper investigation and modern social media tools to get to the answers. It was almost as fun as watching Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman play Fahrenthold's predecessors, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein, in All The President's Men (highly recommended film, of course).
Fehrenthold gives me hope for the next four years. I hope that there are journalists like him who will continue to dig and look for the truth in an administration that will try to obfuscate and misdirect. The story can be read here.
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