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
a fellow intern recommended her for a fellowship
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 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 paper … worked for a small local paper
applied through an online listing
reached out to famous college alumni in journalism … networked with a family friend
had an editor recognize her military experience as an asset
editor DM’ed him after reading a story
applied to a lot of internships
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
met a recruiter, didn’t impress him, met with him again a year later
wrote for a publication run by a theater ticket broker
took a post-graduate program through the Press Association
worked as a bartender while applying for entry-level jobs everywhere
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
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 editor … had a journalism professor recommend her to an editor
went to a career fair … went to a career fair … went 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
made a spreadsheet of job applications
wrote for a small weekly newspaper
worked on the college newspaper … worked on the college newspaper … worked on the college newspaper … worked 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
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 overseas … worked for an English-language publication overseas
used Twitter to make connections with other freelancers and editors … replied to a tweet
wrote for her hometown paper during winter break … freelanced 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 editor … started tweeting about her expertise in accounting and got noticed by editors … started his own political news site as a side hustle before turning it into a full-time job … made a connection with a newspaper through a friend from LiveJournal … wrote capsule reviews of movies for a DVD news site
worked as an intern … worked as an intern … worked as an intern … worked as an intern … worked as an intern … applied for an internship but was turned down … applied for an internship but was turned down … applied for an internship but was turned down … had an editor from her internship recommend her … worked as an intern … worked as an intern … worked as an intern … worked as an intern
got a fellowship … got a fellowship … got a fellowship
took a wire service writing test
randomly met an editor at a bar
worked on social media in a newsroom … worked on the calendar listings for an alt-weekly … worked 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 interview … used 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 test … spent the summer cold emailing journalists on LinkedIn … found a sketchy job listing on Craigslist for a website reviewing cell phones and sent in an unhinged cover letter … started 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 questions … had 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 someone … a friend who went to Yale forwarded her an email sent by an alum to a college listserv … a 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 paper … worked at his college paper