in talbots "New Yorker" article about david simon, its easy to see the reporter come through in simon's quotes. his (over)analysis of people shows that he is always looking for a story in everyone he observes. this is something that reporters do and something that i do often for my own writing (be it a news article or a short story). simon also takes pride in the power of "The Wire," the HBO show for which he is the producer. “ ‘The Wire’ is dissent,” he says. “It is perhaps the only storytelling on television that overtly suggests that our political and economic and social constructs are no longer viable, that our leadership has failed us relentlessly, and that no, we are not going to be all right.” his thoughts on the social commentary of his work and his hope that it will become bigger than television or art is something that i think all writers and artists of all kinds live for. i dont know if this answers the question of simon's "reporter's-way of thinking" but it's definately easy to see the writer in him.