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Using Your Voice

By |August 22nd, 2018|Tags: , , , |

More on journalism and writing. This time the subject is voice. Specifically, when do you use your own? The issue occurred to me while reading a piece by New York Magazine's Jonathan Chait. Discussing the [...]

Spotting A Bad Argument

By |August 9th, 2018|Tags: , , |

The Week has a columnist named Matthew Walther. He fills the role that many news sites increasingly reach for: that of the smart, conservative millennial thinker. There are fewer in circulation these days. As the [...]

Anatomy of a Pitch

By |August 7th, 2018|Tags: , , |

What makes a good pitch? It's probably the single hardest question in freelance journalism. Before we can report a story, before we can meet people or analyze data or ask questions or find answers, first [...]

Did We Fail?

By |November 17th, 2016|Tags: , , , , |

Like many journalists, I am having a crisis of the soul. In the days since November 8's election a form of self reflection has become very popular among newsrooms of every stripe. Writing for the New York Times, columnist [...]