Her Pulitzer-winning reporting on a New Orleans hospital battered by Katrina became the basis of her terrific book, Five Days at Memorial. And just two days before our conversation, she won another Pulitzer as part of the team doing Ebola coverage for the Times. She goes to places sensible people avoid and writes about them astutely.
PERSON: Nathalie Lebrun
PLACE: Family Kingdom Hotel
THING: Photo of “Detroit”
RANDY’S PERSON: Dorothy Day