ON THE BEAT: Questions reporters ask themselves

(Moriah Ratner/Special to Salem Reporter)

There are times as a reporter I feel I take more than I give. I felt that way recently.

Last week I met a family still in grief over a loved one who died. I drove to Portland one night to an office, and on the drive I was already outlining the article in my head.

That washed away, though, when I shook their hands and I came back to…