“Reporters’ Notebook” is a roundup of quotes, notes, bits and bites gleaned from meetings, events, press releases, e-mails or simply overheard on the street. Some of it is just for fun, and some of it ...

All of my reporting gadgets — pens, a voice recorder, cables, adapters, microphones, a mini-tripod and a mobile Wi-Fi router — have a dedicated place in the backpack I carry over Rome’s cobblestone ...

I’ll be the first to say that I, as a reporter, am not perfect. No one is. I can sometimes make mistakes in stories, both grammatical and factual. I can sometimes read a bill or a study too quickly ...

Reporters Notebook is a roundup of quotes, notes, bits and bites gleaned from meetings, events, press releases, e-mails or simply overheard on the street. Some of it is just for fun, and some of it is ...