Evan Wright on Parlaying His Rolling Stone Reporting Into a Slot on HBO
The Rolling Stone reporter on the embedded dispatches from Iraq that became a book -- and then a landmark HBO series.
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Richard Engel on Reporting on War in the Middle East and Relaxing to MTV
The NBC News Middle East correspondent on living inside the stories he covers -- and the compartmentalization that makes it sustainable.
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Adam Rifkin on Getting Your Indie Film Bought and Into Big-City Movie Theaters
The writer-director on the festival circuit, the acquisition process, and what it actually takes to get an independent film into a big-city theater.
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Brandusa Niro on Why Fashion Editors, Designers, and Models All Live on the Daily During Fashion Week
The editor of fashion media's insider daily on why the industry can't function during Fashion Week without it.
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Ethan Riegelhaupt on Writing Speeches for Everyone From Governor Cuomo to the Times Brass
The speechwriter on the craft of putting words in powerful people's mouths -- and what he's learned working from Albany to the Times's boardroom.
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Maggie Rodriguez on Battling Hurricanes, Schlepping Camera Equipment, and Besting Today
The CBS Early Show anchor on the grit required to compete with Today -- and what it's like to cover a hurricane from inside one.
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Ivory Madison on Taking Social Networking for Authors to the Next Level
The founder of Red Room on building an online community where readers and writers can meet on equal terms.
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Julian Ryall on Picking Up and Moving Abroad as a Freelance Foreign Correspondent
The freelance correspondent on the practical and psychological reality of building a career by moving to countries where you don't speak the language.
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Patrick Barta on How Freelancing in Costa Rica Helped Him Become the WSJ’s Asia Correspondent
The Wall Street Journal Asia correspondent on how an unconventional path through Central America led to a career reporting from the other side of the world.
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Tad Friend on In-Depth Interviews, Drunk Celebrities, and World Domination
The New Yorker writer on the peculiarities of the celebrity profile, the challenges of access, and his personal goals for world domination.
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