The speaker discusses their approach to journalism, focusing on analysis and context rather than scoops and breaking news, and emphasizes the importance of being a better reporter and offering a different perspective. They also talk about the challenges faced by journalists in the New York media industry.
Clare Malone is a staff writer for The New Yorker. Her latest article is ”Hasan Minhaj’s ‘Emotional Truths.’”
“You're going to work a lot of hours if you want to be successful, and you're probably not going to make as much money as your dumb friend from college does. You're choosing it for a different reason, but I do think we have to make efforts to have the [journalism] industry be a middle-class profession.”
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