come out
What does "come out" mean here?

After a while, he had more than fifty of these "aphorisms, " which he shared with his friends. One friend, a fellow Brandeis professor named Maurie Stein, was so taken with the words that he sent them to Boston Globe reporter, who came out and wrote a long feature story on Morrie. The headline read:

A professor's final course: His own death

And what does "taken" mean here?

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come out
What does "come out" mean here?

After a while, he had more than fifty of these "aphorisms, " which he shared with his friends. One friend, a fellow Brandeis professor named Maurie Stein, was so taken with the words that he sent them to Boston Globe reporter, who came out and wrote a long feature story on Morrie. The headline read:

A professor's final course: His own death

And what does "taken" mean here?

Answer

"Come out" means to emerge or present oneself or volunteer.  In this example, the report responded to receiving the note by presented himself (or volunteered) to write the article.

"Taken with" means to be enamored by something. If you are taken with an event or story or object, you have had an strong positive emotional response to it.

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