Youthful Indescretions

Writers continue to pity, revile, chastise laugh at and doubt the veracity of the existence of Krystal Grow, the North Adams Transcript writer who chronicled her unhappiness at being rejected for an internship at SPIN. We’ve all made our errors in our youth. A reader sent me the link to another article (from the WSJ) about an early career potential gaffe, which is probably actually helpful to other journalists in that it gives advice on how to soften the blow of moving to a strange new place.
Update: Slate has a take now on Miss Krystal.

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