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'She Said' Tracks The Remarkable Reporting Leading To The Arrest Of Harvey Weinstein

New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey broke the story that ended the Hollywood producer's alleged reign of terror and helped to ignite the #MeToo movement.

They wore parkas to meetings, or two pairs of tights. They traveled in pairs. They feigned phone calls and hid in bathrooms. They said no. They changed careers, or industries. They accepted settlements, thinking it was the most justice they were ever likely to see.

Many women who worked with Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein say that they waged desperate tactical battles to escape his alleged sexual predation without upending their own lives.

In 2017, reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey that ended Weinstein's alleged reign of terror and helped to ignite the #MeToo movement. Their new book, tells the inside story of their remarkable reporting, from headquarters. They wanted, they wrote, to leave "a lasting record of Weinstein's legacy: his exploitation of the workplace to manipulate, pressure, and terrorize women."

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