“The Craft of Narrating Without Fear (El Oficio de Narrar Sin Miedo)”

A review of Harris Whitbeck’s account of reporting for CNN

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At a Russian New Year’s party at the end of 1991, I asked a woman what she thought of the change from Leningrad to St. Petersburg. She said, “I was born in Leningrad, so I want to continue living in Leningrad.” She was born in the Soviet Union too…