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How to Land a Personal Essay in The Times

Mona Zhang — Mon, 11 Mar 2013 12:58:31 +0000

Last week, we brought you Part I of our popular series, Personal Essay Markets. This week brings Part II, which outlines more venues that love printing this unique and accessible style of writing. Included among them are tips on how to submit to The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine. (The latter is a competitive market, but pays over $1 a word.)

Read more in Personal Essay Markets Pt. II. [Mediabistro AvantGuild subscription required]

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Jerry Barmash — Thu, 28 Feb 2013 09:00:29 +0000

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NYT Veteran Gives Tips for Journos Who Want to Write a Book

Mona Zhang — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 13:44:33 +0000

It’s a pretty big accomplishment for a first-time author to land on the New York Times bestsellers list, but Isabel Wilkerson definitely deserves it. The Pulitzer-prize winning journalist spent 15 years researching and conducted over 1,200 interviews for The Warmth of Other Suns, an account of the men and women who lived through the Great Migration, when 6 million African-Americans moved to the North.

In the latest Mediabistro feature, she talks about her writing process and gives tips to fellow journos who want to write a book. Below, an excerpt:

You interviewed more than 1,200 individuals. What skills do you possess that made people feel comfortable sharing their stories and information?

I always go into interviews with a great sense of gratitude for the courage it takes to share one’s story, particularly one so painful and heartbreaking, things that they had deep within themselves and had just gotten to the point of being able to share. So I think being an empathic listener, someone who was truly wanting to understand what they had endured — those are things I think they could pick up and sense in me. I also think they felt I had a sense of connection with them.

For more, read Hey, How’d You Write a New York Times Nonfiction Bestseller, Isabel Wilkerson? [Mediabistro AvantGuild subscription required]

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Veteran Journalist Richard Prince Talks Media Diversity

Mona Zhang — Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:14:21 +0000

After getting his start at New Jersey’s Star-Ledger, Richard Prince went on to Washington Post where he became part of the “Metro Seven,” a group of African-American journalists who took issue with the paper’s discriminatory practices.

“It was a harbinger of other such cases that took place at other publications, including Newsweek and The New York Times, regarding not only black journalists, but women journalists, to both increase the numbers of these groups and equalize the pay scale,” he recalled in Mediabistro’s latest So What Do You Do? interview. “We never went to court, but after our efforts there was another case at the New York Daily News that did.”

Read the full interview at So What Do You Do, Richard Prince, Columnist for the Maynard Institute?

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David Carr: My First Big Break

Andrew Gauthier — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 17:29:27 +0000

In the latest episode of mediabistroTV’s “My First Big Break,” New York Times columnist, and journalist’s journalist, David Carr remembers the first big story of his career.

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Watch: Frank Rich Compares New York Times and New York Magazine

Andrew Gauthier — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:12:44 +0000

It’s been a year since longtime New York Times columnist Frank Rich left the paper to join New York magazine. In the second part of our three-part “Media Beat” interview with him, Rich talks about the differences between his old job and his new one, and also discusses how to handle the criticism that comes with being a columnist (video below).

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Part 1: New York Editor Frank Rich Discusses His Role in Making HBO’s ‘Veep’
Part 3: New York‘s Frank Rich Breaks Down 2012 Presidential Election, Talks Media Bias

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Watch: New York Editor Frank Rich Discusses His Role in Making HBO’s ‘Veep’

Andrew Gauthier — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:04:33 +0000

Longtime political columnist Frank Rich, now an editor at New York, recently sat down for an interview with mediabistroTV and discussed his role in the making of the new HBO series “Veep.”

“Veep,” which stars Julia Louis-Dreyfus as the U.S.’s flustered second-in-command, includes a character whose “Beltway Butcher” nickname is an homage to Rich’s reputation as the “Butcher of Broadway” during his time as chief theater critic for The New York Times (video below).

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Part 2: Frank Rich Compares New York Times and New York Magazine
Part 3: New York‘s Frank Rich Breaks Down 2012 Presidential Election, Talks Media Bias

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Jerry Barmash — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 09:05:22 +0000

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Writers Remember the East Village Other

Felicia Pride — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 10:26:43 +0000

If you’re not old enough to remember New York alternative journalism in the 1960′s and early 70′s, don’t claim to be of age, or just weren’t around the city then, that’s okay.

In celebration of the spirit of the times and an accompanying popular underground newspaper, The East Village Other (EVO), the Local East Village, a New York Times community web site run in collaboration with New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, is publishing essays by former EVO writers and editors as well as those in their sphere. The pieces recall the days—and nights—at the paper as well as life in the iconic neighborhood during its run. Contributors include: Ishmael Reed, Dan Rattiner, Claudia Dreifus, Ed Sanders, and Coca Crystal, among others.

The essays appear in conjunction with the forthcoming “BLOWING MINDS: The East Village Other, the Rise of Underground Comix, and the Alternative Press, 1965-1972,” an exhibition which runs from Feb. 29 – March 16 at the Carter Journalism Institute.

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The Times Wants Your Personal Essays

Ji Hyun Park — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:25:48 +0000

If the first 15 outlets weren’t enough, here are the next batch of titles hungry for your honest stories, including the Gray Lady — where everyone has an equal shot at this “human relationships” column.

But don’t rip out those diary pages just yet. Editors shared the nitty-gritty details on what they want to see in a pitch. While they varied on topics from parenting to food, they all require a clean, tight copy set to their own preferences.

Double-check the word count limit to Ladies’ Home Journal, confirm what Saveur always runs their essays with, and find out what the Times receive “far too many essays” on in Personal Essay Markets, Part II [sub req'd].

We’ll finish off our list with Part III, and stay tuned for an updated guide to digital outlets in our final Part IV.

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Jerry Barmash — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:52:35 +0000

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How the New York Times Really Feels About Its Portrayal in ‘Page One’

Ujala Sehgal — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:26:12 +0000

Overall, the reviews for Andrew Rossi‘s Page One: Inside the New York Times have been strong all around. It’s scoring an 81 percent on Rottentomatoes.com, and Lisa Schwarzbaum at Entertainment Weekly reviewed that “it’s not quite the same thrill as glimpsing the man behind the curtain of the great and powerful Oz, but for journalism junkies, the fascination of Page One: Inside The New York Times is something like that.” But for Rossi, just as important as the critics’ reactions are likely the reactions of the stars of the film at the Times. Thanks to New York magazine and Esquire, we were able to collect the inside scoop on how the men of the Times felt about the way they were portrayed. Here is what they have been saying:

David Carr: “If you want to signal to people that you’re a big jerk, walking around with a camera behind you is a good way to do it…but by the time the movie gets done, we look like action figures. Like, ‘WOW!’ But that really isn’t what our job is like.” (Daily Intel)

Brian Stelter: “It’s hard watching the version of myself that’s onscreen… When the film started production, I was 90 pounds heavier, and I lost weight as the film progressed, coincidentally. On the other hand, I’m glad I have a record of it.” (Daily Intel)

Bill Keller: “I saw an earlier edit of it. I found it kind of boring. I told Andrew [Rossi, the director], ‘As an editor, I think this piece would work better if you cut it down to 60 minutes.’ Then I realized that one reason I found it boring is that it seems very familiar.” (Esquire)

Bruce Headlam: “There are very few women in the documentary. There were women in my group — two out of about ten reporters. They didn’t want to cooperate.” (Daily Intel)

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The Ethics of Reporting on Rep. Weiner’s Wife’s Pregnancy

Ujala Sehgal — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:33:24 +0000

For those of you have been following every sordid detail about the Anthony Weiner scandal, one major piece might have caught you off guard: how quickly mainstream media outlets like the New York Times reported that Weiner’s wife Huma Abedin was three months pregnant, based on the word of several sources. It’s a huge story, but normally details like that are left to the tabloid trade. Politico’s On Media takes a look at the difficult decision news outlets faced in reporting this story.

The news that Anthony Weiner’s wife, Huma Abedin, is pregnant had been known and agonized over in newsrooms, including this one, for more than 24 hours before it was reported on Wednesday night… For the New York Times, which broke the story, the decision was not a quick one. The paper published the story a little after 5 p.m. Wednesday night on its City Room blog after Gawker published an item saying it had heard that Abedin was pregnant.

Phil Corbett, the Times’s standards editor, emailed Politico: “We try to be sensitive to privacy concerns, and we weighed that issue here, too. But Weiner’s problems were obviously a big story, and his actions and words had clearly put himself, his private life and his marriage squarely into the news.”

He also made clear that the decision was the Times‘ own. “We don’t take our cues from Gawker on a story like this.”

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The Huffington Post Has Just Passed the New York Times in Web Traffic

Ujala Sehgal — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:06:57 +0000

Update: Business Insider confirms the data from Comscore that Huffington Post has “zipped past the New York Times in monthly uniques,” and provides a chart showing the overtaking. They also add this provocative tweet from AOL employee Brad Garlinghouse: “Six years to disrupt 100 years.”

Has this apocalyptic event finally occurred? At TheAtlanticWire.com, Adam Clark Estes reports that an anonymous Huffington Post editor said that the website passed NYTimes.com in traffic for May. As additional confirmation, he points to Tony Conrad‘s tweet that “Comscore confirmed that HuffingtonPost.com traffic for May has surpassed NYTimes.com traffic for first time — 35.5MM vs. 33.59MM.” We will update once we’ve heard the official figures from Comscore.

Of course, to a great degree this is expected after the New York Times paywall. But amid all the speculation this week of how the AOL-Huffington Post merger is crashing down on Arianna Huffington‘s well-coiffed head, this is no doubt something she can gloat about, considering her long-standing rivalry with the Times.

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New York Times - FishbowlNY

How to Land a Personal Essay in The Times

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NYT Veteran Gives Tips for Journos Who Want to Write a Book

Most Popular FishbowlNY Stories for the Week

Veteran Journalist Richard Prince Talks Media Diversity

David Carr: My First Big Break

Watch: Frank Rich Compares New York Times and New York Magazine

Watch: New York Editor Frank Rich Discusses His Role in Making HBO’s ‘Veep’

FishbowlNY Newsstand: Your Morning at a Glance

Writers Remember the East Village Other

The Times Wants Your Personal Essays

FishbowlNY Newsstand: Your Morning at a Glance

How the New York Times Really Feels About Its Portrayal in ‘Page One’

The Ethics of Reporting on Rep. Weiner’s Wife’s Pregnancy

The Huffington Post Has Just Passed the New York Times in Web Traffic