Sam Quinones

Sam Quinones is a reporter with the LA Times. He writes the True Tales: A Reporter’s Blog and edits Tell Your True Tale, a page for true storytelling. Contact him at www.samquinones.com. Follow his public posts on Facebook at samquinones7. Follow him on Twitter at @samquinones7.

Articles

"When you're alone": A Reporter's Reflections on Mass Murder

The Sandy Hook shooting was the seventh mass murder I’ve covered in my 26 years as a reporter – five of them in the last two years. In each case it’s struck me, the man lived in a tiny room and seemed to have trouble with anyone impinging on the universe that he alone occupied.