Index

Interviews by Name

Jackie Alexander, College Media Association

Ambreen Ali, Central Desi

Daisy Alioto, Dirt Media

Jenna Amatulli, The Guardian U.S.

Emily Atkin, HEATED

Kimberly Atkins Stohr, The Boston Globe

Billy Ball, Cardinal & Pine

Molly Ball, Wall Street Journal

Ross Barkan, The New York Times Magazine

Ryan Barwick, Morning Brew

Isabella Basco, KVUE

Adam Bass, North Star Reporter

Laura Belin, Bleeding Heartland

Samuel Benson, Deseret News

Thor Benson, freelance

Alexis Benveniste, freelance

Molly Bilinski, Lehigh Valley News

Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times

Igor Bobic, HuffPost

Julie Bogen, The 19th News

Erika Bolstad, freelance

Kait Bolongaro, MLex Market Insight

Kerra Bolton, freelance

Christopher Bonanos, New York

Ali Breland, The Atlantic

Makini Brice, Reuters

Rachel Brodsky, freelance

P. Kim Bui, Stanford Knight Fellow

Courtney Bublé, Law360

Katie Camero, SELF magazine

Madeleine Carlisle, “60 Minutes”

Julia Carpenter, freelance

Mallory Carra, West Coast Media Jobs

Christina Cauterucci, Slate

Victoria Chamberlin, Vox

Stacy Chandler, No Depression

Mark Chiusano, freelance

Chris Cillizza, So What

Marin Cogan, Vox

Magan Crane, Bloomberg News

Tim Crino, Inc. magazine

Jack Crosbie, Discourse Blog

Hayley Cuccinello, Business Insider

Seyward Darby, The Atavist

Sopan Deb, The New York Times

Katie Deighton, The Wall Street Journal

Natalie Delgadillo, The 51st

Michael S. Derby, Reuters

Jenée Desmond-Harris, Slate

John DeVore, freelance

Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone

Maggie Neal Doherty, freelance

Haley Sweetland Edwards, freelance

Philip Eil, freelance

Robin Epley, Sacramento Bee

Amelia Ferrell Knisely, West Virginia Watch

Gabe Fleisher, Wake Up to Politics

Emily Flitter, New York Times

Orlando Flores Jr., Gulf States Newsroom

Stephen Fowler, NPR

Piper French, Bolts

Alex Gangitano, The Hill

Eric Michael Garcia, The Independent

George, The Freelance Writing Network

Leigh Giangreco, Crain’s Chicago Business

Taylor Giorno, The Hill

Taylor Glascock, freelance photographer

Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic

Jefferson Graham, freelance travel photographer

Ruth Graham, New York Times

Rachel Greenspan, social media strategist

Taegan Goddard, Political Wire

Reese Gorman, NOTUS

Cassie Hager, freelance

Setota Hailemariam, National Geographic

Saba Hamedy, NBC News

Claire Hao, The Houston Chronicle

Kristen Hare, Poynter Institute

Tamar Haspel, The Washington Post

Kelsey Hayes, Politico Europe

Danya Henninger, Technical.ly

Laura Figueroa Hernandez, Newsday

Nicole Hertvik, D.C. Theater Arts

Jonquilyn Hill, Vox

Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune

Claire Hogan, New York Times

Emily Holden, Floodlight

Katie Honan, THE CITY

Marcel Honoré, Honolulu Civil Beat

Ayurella Horn-Muller, Grist

Kerry Howley, New York

Brooke Leigh Howard, The Daily Beast

Katie Hyson, KPBS

Umair Irfan, Vox

Bethany Irvine, Politico

Rebecca Jennings, Vox

Kathryn Jezer-Morton, The Cut

Sasha Jones, Bisnow

Emily Joshu, The Daily Mail

Annie Karni, The New York Times

Caitlin Kelly, freelance

Theodore Kim, The New York Times

Maya King, The New York Times

Rylee Kirk, Syracuse Post-Standard

Kate Knibbs, Wired

Steve Knopper, Billboard

Maggie Koerth, CarbonPlan

Tal Kopan, Boston Globe

Marina Koren, The Atlantic

Joshua Kosman, San Francisco Chronicle

Olivia Krauth, The Gallery Pass

Maris Kreizman, LitHub

Chris Krewson, LION Publishers

Matt K. Lewis, The Daily Beast

Bill Kuchman, Popculturology

Fortesa Latifi, Teen Vogue

Alex Sujong Laughlin, Defector

Jill Lawrence, The Bulwark

Samantha Leach, Bustle

Lauren Leffer, Scientific American

Carrie Levine, Votebeat

Taylor Lorenz, User Mag

Katie MacBride, freelance

Arthur MacMillan, Agence France-Presse

Tim Mak, The Counteroffensive

Patrick Malone, The Seattle Times

Vivian Manning-Schaffel, freelance

Erin Mansfield, The Cincinnati Enquirer

Kirsty March, Yahoo Finance Canada

Jane Marie, Little Everywhere

Natasha Mascarenhas, The Information

Aneeta Mathur-Ashton, The Messenger

Kimeko McCoy, Digiday

Chuck McCutcheon, Axios

Francine McKenna, The Dig

Cassie McGrath, Boston Business Journal

Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times

Irving Mejia-Hilario, Dallas Morning News

Anna Merlan, Vice News

Olivia Messer, freelance

Julia Métraux, Mother Jones

Jonathan Miller, E&E News

Sam Mintz, Brookline.News

Tanvi Misra, freelance

Kylie Mohr, freelancer

Parker Molloy, The Present Age

Chatwan Mongkol, The Nutgraf

Leigh Munsil, San Antonio Report

Amna Nawaz, “PBS NewsHour”

Amil Niazi, The Cut

Tina Nguyen, Puck

Scott Nover, freelance

Simon Owens, Simon Owen’s Media Newsletter

Steven Padilla, Los Angeles Times

Amie Parnes, The Hill

Allison Parshall, Scientific American

Anna Peele, Vanity Fair

Robyn Pennacchia, Wonkette

Joe Perticone, The Bulwark

Eve Peyser, freelance

Amber Phillips, The Washington Post

Dana Piccoli, News is Out

Andres Picon, E&E News

Emily Pontecorvo, Heatmap News

Rachel Premack, FreightWaves

Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE

John Patrick Pullen, Long Lead

Jackie Ramsay, Politico

Emily Ramshaw, The 19th

Laurén Razzaq, BridgeDetroit

Damaso Reyes, New York Amsterdam News

Nick Riccardi, Associated Press

Jesse Rifkin, A Step in the Write Direction

Skylar Rispens, EdScoop

Amie Rivers, Iowa Starting Line

Kylie Robison, The Verge

Jesús Rodríguez, The Washington Post

Tricia Romano, freelance

Hannah Ruhoff, Biloxi Sun Herald

Michelle Ruiz, Vogue

Samit Sarkar, Polygon

Ted Scheinman, Smithsonian magazine

Heather Schwedel, Slate

Grace Segers, The New Republic

Ruth Serven Smith, AL.com

Mallory Shelbourne, USNI News

Brittany Shepherd, ABC News

Adrienne Shih, New York Times Opinion

Amanda Silberling, TechCrunch

Mark Simon, Sports Info Solutions

Rachel Simon, freelance

Scott Simon, NPR

C.J. Sinner, Minneapolis Star Tribune

Paige Skinner, HuffPost

Jen Rose Smith, freelance

Joni Sweet, freelance

Zanny Merullo Steffgen, freelance

Emily Tamkin, freelance

Byron Tau, NOTUS

Mc Nelly Torres, Center for Public Integrity

Karen Tumulty, Washington Post

Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post

Kristen Van Nest, freelance

Sophie Vershbow, freelance

Abby Vesoulis, Mother Jones

Lindsay Lee Wallace, freelance

Derek Wallbank, Bloomberg

Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald

Aaricka Washington, LAist

Erik Wasson, Bloomberg News

Kelsey Weekman, Yahoo News

Jenn Williams, Vox

Ashley Jean Yeager, Science News

Arielle Zionts, KFF Health News

Interviews by How They Did It

made a cringey YouTube video of 17 reasons she should get the internship

started a radio show in college

worked as a copy editor for an e-commerce site

flew across country on his own dime for a job interview

turned his college thesis into a magazine article

applied for a job with an alum of her college

wrote a very weird cover letter

moved to Europe

a fellow intern recommended her for a fellowship

blogged

started a Substack

got a recommendation from a teacher

got a job producing a news editor’s blog

moved to a small town to work at a respected local paper

started a newsletter about food with her mom

wrote for her high school paper

wrote for the local paper in college

worked at an alternative paper

ran into a local sports editor at a stoplight

freelanced

applied for a job that was then canceled but the editor put her in touch with other editors in the same chain

freelanced while bartending

worked at a small local paper

freelanced until she was friends with the editor

read an editor’s social media feed to find that he hated bus delays and emailed him about that

a coworker from the student newspaper put her in touch with her internship manager

roommate from a journalism program recommended her for a job

freelanced for a local paperworked for a small local paper

applied through an online listing

sent clips to recruiters

reached out to famous college alumni in journalismnetworked with a family friend

had an editor recognize her military experience as an asset

worked at a trade publication

editor DM’ed him after reading a story

applied to a lot of internships

wrote for a gaming blog

got a job as a legislative analyst

got an internship paid by her college

landed a job in part because she was the only candidate who had waited tables

worked as a stringer

met a recruiter, didn’t impress him, met with him again a year later

wrote for a publication run by a theater ticket broker

wrote obits for a local paper

took a post-graduate program through the Press Association

worked as a bartender while applying for entry-level jobs everywhere

got a job working in Montana

met anyone who was paid to write for coffee to get advice

worked as a freelance reporter in college

wrote a column for the local paper when she was a teen-ager

wrote to the editor of a small-town paper

talked to an editor through Twitter

freelanced

used her deep knowledge of the local arts scene to write a coverage plan

bartended at the Cheesecake Factory until he landed a newsroom assistant job

applied for every entry-level journalism job she could find

worked at D.C. area think tanks

worked as a newsroom assistant through a temp agency

had a journalism professor recommend him to an editorhad a journalism professor recommend her to an editor

went to a career fairwent to a career fairwent to a career fair but didn’t get the spot she wanted, so she followed the recruiter onto a shuttle to the airport and struck up a conversation

took an editing test

made a spreadsheet of job applications

wrote for a small weekly newspaper

worked on the college newspaperworked on the college newspaperworked on the college newspaperworked on the college newspaper

worked in a publishing house for bookazines

met an editor who came to speak at her college

started blogging about local bars and restaurants

applied to more than 50 jobs

had an editor see her do on-stage storytelling

an editor thought she had a writerly sounding name

made a spreadsheet of editors she wanted to meet

worked as an editorial assistant for a vegetarian news publication

worked for an English-language publication overseasworked for an English-language publication overseas

used Twitter to make connections with other freelancers and editorsreplied to a tweet

wrote for her hometown paper during winter breakfreelanced stories for her hometown paper until a full-time position opened up

wrote a brief for the alt-weekly in her college town

wrote about TV on a Tumblr blog that got noticed by an editorstarted tweeting about her expertise in accounting and got noticed by editorsstarted his own political news site as a side hustle before turning it into a full-time jobmade a connection with a newspaper through a friend from LiveJournalwrote capsule reviews of movies for a DVD news site

worked as an internworked as an internworked as an internworked as an internworked as an internapplied for an internship but was turned downapplied for an internship but was turned downapplied for an internship but was turned downhad an editor from her internship recommend herworked as an internworked as an internworked as an internworked as an intern

got a fellowshipgot a fellowshipgot a fellowship

took a wire service writing test

started as a weekend reporter

randomly met an editor at a bar

worked on social media in a newsroomworked on the calendar listings for an alt-weeklyworked as a fact-checker

figured out a music editor was a fan of a band he knew and pitched an interview with them

a coworker at TGI Friday’s posted a job listing on Facebook

applied for a newsroom assistant job and almost lost it because of a dumb joke in the interviewused spare time in a job as an editorial assistant to pitch stories

had a mother who was the deputy Washington bureau chief

worked at an in-flight magazine

went to grad school in journalism

emailed a joke to a sportswriter who used it in his column

went to a startup after applying through a job board

had an editor who thought that New Mexico is not that different from Texas

cold emailed the editor of a publication she liked and did well on an editing testspent the summer cold emailing journalists on LinkedInfound a sketchy job listing on Craigslist for a website reviewing cell phones and sent in an unhinged cover letterstarted at a content farm for health information

knew a little bit of HTML and CSS

did well on a job test that was basically just LSAT questionshad a story he wrote on a tryout land on the Drudge Report

worked as a pastry chef before using that knowledge as a freelance food writer

made a newspaper with a friend for his sixth-grade class

a friend of a friend was looking for someonea friend who went to Yale forwarded her an email sent by an alum to a college listserva friend in college asked if he would help George F. Will fix his computer

worked in the communications office at her college

was editor of his college paperworked at his college paper