Yeah, exactly! Brown probably already knows what little writing there is on local stories, and his relationship with the Bilica family can help, too. Audrey would never be able to interview Stoat, lol. Plus just being generally more familiar with writing and record keeping. 

Audrey, meanwhile, already has passing familiarity with a lot of Hickory's older friends, from running his errands, so she'll be doing a lot of the legwork for finding people and getting their stories. 

EDIT: By the by, I'm good to keep this back and forth with Eckehart going, but anyone else can feel free to stop Audrey at any time.