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: Ive 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 its 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 get it, and so the bar for a new story on a topic keeps going up. I wish this werent the case, and we try to cover things we feel are important, but if youre writing about a topic and no one is reading it, then the audience might be telling you they dont find that thing interesting anymore.This has not yet been the case with Flock, somewhat to my surprise. Ive been writing about surveillance technologies for a long time, and its rare for a specific company or specific type of technology to hold peoples interest and attention for too long.