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Pete Hamill, the legendary columnist, editor and author, sat down in 2004 with then-NY1 reporter Budd Mishkin to reflect on his storied career as the top editor of The New York Post and The Daily News, and as a chronicler of the city. In describing his craft, he said, "I call it sensual writing - you use all of your senses. What did it smell like here? What noise was going on? So you have sound in the piece, what was said, of course." Take a few minutes to watch this piece, which traces Hamill's life from his childhood in Brooklyn to his career as one of the city's most celebrated columnists.