Andrea Elliot, metro reporter The New York Times

"...I always strive for something in between, and I think that gave me a combination of longing and detachment. Anyone who has straddled two cultures knows that feeling. You learn to be more of an observer than a participant. So, naturally, journalism appealed to me."

"The greatest thing about journalism is how it inserts us - often uncomfortably, sometimes unforgettably - into the world. We look, we listen and we share the story of life. The story is almost always larger than we are, but without us, who would tell it."

-Best Newspaper Writing edited by Amy Colón and Julie Moos