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654 - 36 Years at USA Today with Columnist Jefferson Graham

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2020

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Jefferson Graham talks about wrapping up his 36 year career at USA TODAY, where he did over 10,000 interviews, with everyone from Jerry Seinfeld and Van Dyke to Steve Jobs and Wozniak, and moving on to videomaking and photography (Photowalks) and personal blogging at Subtack. 

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You got in.

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