Advice from skilled reporters on how to gain access and turn it into high-quality education coverage By Will Callan I think we can agree here: It’s important for education reporters to spend time in schools and classrooms. There’s a certain vibe one encounters in a hallway or classroom that simply does not transmit through a telephone or screen, or even an in-person interview. Secondhand accounts rarely do the job. There’s no substitute for seeing things firsthand and engaging students in person.