Sarah Ellison is a special correspondent at Vanity Fair and the author of War at the Wall Street Journal.\n\n \u201cThere\u2019s no lack of stories. ... There\u2019s always an element where you\u2019re going to be parachuting into something that someone has likely written about, to some degree. You can\u2019t shy away from going into something that\u2019s a crowded field.\u201d\n\nThanks to MailChimp, Quip, and BarkBox for sponsoring this week's episode.\n@Sarahlellison\nsarahlellison.com\nEllison on Longform\n[00:15] 11/15: Longform Podcast, Live in Chicago with Kara Swisher\n[00:45] 11/12: Longform Podcast, Live in Chicago with Zoe Chace\n[03:00] Longform Podcast #111: Anne Helen Petersen\n[03:00] Longform Podcast #224: Hua Hsu\n[04:15] The Hive\n[04:20] Ellison's Vanity Fair archive\n[05:00] "Exiles on Pennsylvania Avenue: How Jared and Ivanka Were Repelled by Washington\u2019s Elite" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Oct 2017)\n[05:45] "The Inside Story of the Kushner-Bannon Civil War" (Vanity Fair \u2022 May 2017)\n[07:30] Longform Podcast #254 Maggie Haberman\n[12:30] "The Man Who Spilled Secrets\u201d (Vanity Fair \u2022 Feb 2011)\n[13:15] "Exclusive: Is Donald Trump\u2019s Endgame the Launch of Trump News?" (Vanity Fair \u2022 June 2016)\n[19:30] "Harvey Weinstein Paid Off Sexual Harassment Accusers for Decades" (Jodi Kantor, Megan Twohey \u2022 NY Times \u2022 Oct 2017)\n[19:45] "Inside the Final Days of Roger Ailes\u2019s Reign at Fox News" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Nov 2016)\n[27:15]"After a Rape Story, a Murder, and Lawsuits: What\u2019s Next for the Univeristy of Virginia?" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Oct 2015)\n[30:00]"Diana\u2019s Impossible Dream" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Sept 2013)\n[34:35]War at the Wall Street Journal. (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt \u2022 May 2010)\n[37:45]"Has Trump Turned CNN Into a House of Existential Dread?" (Vanity Fair \u2022 July 2017)\n[37:45]"Has Megyn\u2019s Star Already Been Eclipsed?" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Sept 2017)\n[39:45]"Ghosts in the Newsroom" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Apr 2012)\n[40:00]"Ex-New Republic Staffers Knew Chris Hughes Was Fed Up" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Jan 2016)\n[40:00]"The Rules of Succession" (Vanity Fair \u2022 Dec 2011)\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices