Adventures in Journalism: How did this guy convince his newspaper to get him to do this story? “Hey, boss, let me go to this sleazy massage parlor/brothel, get some stimulation, then right a first-person story using phrases like, ‘More than once and more frequently as the massage continued her hands grazed across the front of my boxer shorts, a move I began to believe was intentional’?”

15 February 2002



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15 February | 14:46  |  Lindsay

Did he say yes first, then no?

I kinda like this story.

15 February | 16:07  |  scoop

More importantly, are they hiring at that paper?

15 February | 22:21  |  Andrew

Now that's an investigative probe I can get behind. Wonder what the expense voucher looked like for that story. And, you have to wonder if he was just to shy that he did, in fact, bust a "nut graf."

15 February | 22:22  |  Andrew

Erk. Should have been: "...just too shy to admit that he did, in fact, bust a "nut graf."

Damn these flippers.

15 February | 23:35  |  Jeff

I'm switching my major to journalism.

16 February | 15:18  |  Alice

Wait, at the top he said this was a TWO part series-- not only did the editor say yes, but he let him get enough material for two parts!!!!

17 February | 5:49  |  Josi

impressive. my favorite line: 'She began tweaking my nipples, not a typical massage technique, I would later learn.'

he didn't know that before?!?!?! i must know where can i pick up sheltered journalists like this guy. the fun i could have ...



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