As a journalist, I rely on a particular skill set when I want to find something out. I’m good at tracking people down. I know how to craft a line of questioning that helps them open up. I’m a strong listener and I follow up what people are saying. I can connect dots and identify interesting anecdotes. Those are handy tools, but even before meeting Louisa I’d already suspected that to find answers about the probability of being caught up in a newsworthy blindside, and how people react, I’d need more in my kit than that. I’d
