My First Byline: Heather Schwedel

Staff writer, Slate

Photo by Chia Messina

What is your current job?

I’m a staff writer at Slate, where I write for the site’s Life and Culture sections, about stuff like whether J.D. Vance is wearing eyeliner and just about everything Taylor Swift does.

What was your first byline?

Like lots of journalists of my generation, a lot of the early pieces I wrote as an intern or bab…