"It Hooks You And Then It Starts Turning You Inside Out"

"On The Media" this week featured the kind of media story we hear far too rarely: That of the grunt. Mark Stamey, formerly of the New York Post, was the kind of guy who did the legwork for other reporters, the kind who gathered quotes and facts about murders, fires, evictions and accidents. Brooke Gladstone spent one Thanksgiving with Stamey, "who has come to see the whole world as a morgue." It's a fantastic story, and while you can read the transcript here, you should really listen to get the full effect. You won't regret it.