How to Tell a Story with Four+ Questions

Every reporter should ask these in every interview

Rich Stowell, PhD
Published in
4 min readMay 4, 2024

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As a public affairs noncommissioned officer in the U.S. Army, my job is to “tell the Soldier’s story.”

It’s been an amazing opportunity. I’ve told stories with Chinook pilots in Afghanistan, Bradley gunners in Kosovo, host-nation Army trainees in the Philippines, Korean soldiers preparing for a northern invasion, and Engineers working on humanitarian projects in Belize.

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