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New media Sports Guy rises as old media sinks
A few weeks ago, New York Times did an interesting profile of one of my favorite writers, Bill Simmons, better known as ESPN’s “Sports Guy.” It includes some interest background on the early days and his rise to becoming a model of a new breed of columnist that broke a lot of the conventional rules…
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Fine writing in unexpected places
One idea my instructors at Johns Hopkins hammer home is the notion that to be a great writer, you need to “read like a writer.” More and more, I see what they mean. I read newspapers and magazines differently these days, dissecting paragraphs and words as I go, noticing small bits of writing technique and…