Episode 73: Joe Sexton

Published: Dec. 19, 2013, 7:10 p.m.

b'Joe Sexton is a senior editor at ProPublica and a former reporter and editor at the New York Times, where he led the team that produced "Snow Fall."\\n\\n"My experience in a newspaper newsroom over the years has been: The word you hear least often, the word that\'s hardest for people to say in that environment, is the word yes. It\'s safer to say no. You get second-guessed less often if you say no. Your job\'s not on the line if you say no. But if you\'re willing to say yes and you\'re willing to face the consequences of having said yes, then quite amazing things can happen."\\n\\nThanks to\\xa0Random House andTinyLetterfor sponsoring this week\'s episode.\\n\\nShow notes:\\n[6:00] "Snow Fall" (John Branch \\u2022 New York Times \\u2022 Dec 2012)\\n[20:30] Longform Podcast #28: Joel Lovell\\n[32:45] "Spitzer is Linked to Prostitution Ring" (Danny Hakim and William K. Rashbaum \\u2022 New York Times \\u2022 Mar 2008)\\n[41:30] Jim Dwyer\'s Pulitzer Prize-winning columns\\n[57:45] "Use Only as Directed" (Jeff Gerth and T. Christian Miller \\u2022 ProPublica \\u2022 Sep 2013)\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'