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Why Am I Still Courting Legacy Media?

Legacy media is sort of making itself more and more irrelevant, which begs the question: why am I spending so much time trying to land legacy media pieces?

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How a Pitch Comes Together

This blog walks through how I got the pitch for my latest Slate piece on the rise of male "Instagram Face" to come together.

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When Precious Becomes the Enemy of Progress

I recently took a very disappointing online writing course that made me reflect upon whether some writers get bogged down by appearing to be good writers vs. being good writers, with a side diatribe about how teaching isn’t meant for everyone.

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Welcome to My First Official Website Post

To be perfectly honest, the purpose of this post is simply so I have something posted on this blog when I launch the website—I didn’t want a “coming soon” or blank space, but putting this thing together has been a bit more work than anticipated, and I currently don’t have the bandwidth for anything witty or meaningful here. 

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