Jeremy strong's story about the death of his nanny went viral. She says she didn't know what people would make of it, but was 'exhilarating' to hear support from her former colleagues and admirers on social media. The piece has now been picked up by a number of other publications including New York magazine as one of their most-read stories this year.
Michael Schulman is a staff writer for The New Yorker. He recently profiled Jeremy Strong of Succession.
”There's an interesting moment that's part of this job where you’ve spent a lot of time with someone and it often feels very personal and very intimate. And then when you go to write the piece, you have to sort of take a breath and say to yourself, Okay, I'm not writing this for this person. I'm writing this for the reader.”
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