5 Questions for Andrew Schneider

1. What factors played into your decision to write the Libby story? What motivated you to continue the story as a series?

2. Doing such an emotional story, about the town in Libby, was it sometimes hard to detach yourself from the piece? Or do you remember times during your investigation and writing when you just said, “I can’t do this anymore?”

3. Did you feel as if more was expected of you once you became a Pulitzer winner?

4. Because you’ve now won two Pulitzers, do you notice yourself having more authority when it comes to which stories you choose to write about?

5. With the Seattle Post-Intelligencer closing its doors, what’s next on the agenda for you as a journalist? As a writer?