This was the fourth in the “How I Got That Story” live chat series, which features the 2009 winners of AAN’s annual journalism contest explaining what went into their award-winning stories.

Today, Patrick Michels, who won first place in the 50,000 and under circulation category for his Texas Observer feature “Private Trauma,” discussed the story with his editor on the piece, Jake Bernstein, in a chat moderated by North Coast Journal editor Hank Sims.