This is Behind the Blog, where we share our behind-the-scenes thoughts about how a few of our top stories of the week came together. This week, we discuss the staying power of surveillance coverage, the jigsaw of reporting, and eyestrain.JASON: I\u2019ve started this year in the same way I spent a lot of last year: Writing about the automated license plate reader company Flock. In my career it\u2019s been sort of weird for me to focus on one company or one thing so much for so long. I tend to get a little restless about the topics I cover, and there can sometimes be a very real fatigue with specific types of stories. After a while, people \u201cget it,\u201d and so the bar for a new story on a topic keeps going up. I wish this weren\u2019t the case, and we try to cover things we feel are important, but if you\u2019re writing about a topic and no one is reading it, then the audience might be telling you they don\u2019t find that thing interesting anymore.\u00a0This has not yet been the case with Flock, somewhat to my surprise. I\u2019ve been writing about surveillance technologies for a long time, and it\u2019s rare for a specific company or specific type of technology to hold people\u2019s interest and attention for too long. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"