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How to Subtly Stalk an Editor

Doing some reporting on the person who could hire you — without coming off weird

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Ryan Teague Beckwith
Jun 02, 2024
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When Ayurella Horn-Muller was looking to work at an alt-weekly in Miami, she knew she needed some kind of leg up in the application process.

So she did some reporting.

“I spen…

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