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Published · transcript-backedKatherine Boyle: belief
6 Jun 2022 Acquired American Dynamism (with Katherine Boyle)
“I think the number of people at the Style section who would say that they are writers first and reporter second is actually quite high.”
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- Speaker
- Katherine Boyle
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- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 6 Jun 2022
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…At The Post, that's a big deal. It's interesting. The Style section has a very storied history of being where writer is right. There's always this question of, are you a writer or you a reporter? I think the number of people at the Style section who would say that they are writers first and reporter second is actually quite high. That was when I was there. It's changed a lot since I've left. For people who really enjoyed language and enjoyed doing 3000–5000 word stories about just random things, one of the famous pieces the Style section published when I was there was the difference between Sheetz and Wawa. It was a 10,000-word piece on just convenience stores on the Interstate. Wawa, the best.…
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