To do what she’s done for 17 years is an Olympic feat of intellectual, emotional and physical endurance. An impossible act to follow

First the disclaimer: Fran Kelly is a dear friend of my family’s.

But also know this: it is a measure of her professionalism and dedication to journalism – which is to say, objectively parsing the facts and tailoring incisive questions – that friendship would never get in the way of a challenging “Fran” interview.

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