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Steno Book: Jaws vs Lyon

Steno Book: Jaws vs Lyon

a lil bts of the story and reporting process

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Mar 05, 2025
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this is a steno book, and also the steno book from the piece [phone # redacted, get my digits at the bar]

Look, lots of people consider the media ‘sinister’ … and in my case, they’re correct, bb. Since I’m left handed and still use pen and paper, I’ve carried a steno book my whole career. So periodically I’ll be lifting the cover on said pads and giving you some lil details about previous stories. Welcome to Steno Book, sluts.

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Jaws vs Lyon

– since its our first time, let’s start slow and simple. What you see above is how my interviews with a subject look. Unlike q&a pieces like the ones I’ve run here, when I’m doing an article I see no need to transcribe the whole thing. Instead, I take notes and use handwritten time stamps that I can then go back to when I want something.

– see those stars? I put asterisks next to thing I know I’ll want later; a particularly dope quote, an important scene, something I want to make sure I don’t forget to include — it’s my hand across the lens.

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