Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey: "You can't have any secrets or any spinning - you just have to be completely honest with one another."

9 to 5ish with theSkimm

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Entrepreneurship, Careers, Business

4.7 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Jodi Kantor & Megan Twohey are the the Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporters who broke the news of Harvey Weinstein's sexual harassment and abuse allegations for The New York Times and the authors of the newly released book, "She Said." In this special live episode, Megan & Jodi discuss the approach which helped them get victims on the record (5:45), how the original tip for the story surfaced (13:04) and why they believe journalism can drive social change (16:03). This episode of Skimm’d From the Couch is sponsored by AC Hotels by Marriott.

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0:00.0	Today Skimmed from the Couch is presented by AC Hotels by Marriott. It's a global
0:06.3	hotel brand that we are excited about. More on that later. First let's get into
0:11.7	the episode.
0:13.0	This is a precept of any decent journalistic partnership, but I have found it particularly true in this one.
0:25.1	You can't have any secrets or any spinning or you just have to be completely honest with one
0:30.0	with one another.
0:30.8	I'm Carly Zaken. I'm Danielle Weisberg. with one another.
0:32.8	I'm Carly Zaken.
0:33.9	I'm Danielle Weisberg.
0:34.9	Welcome to Skim from the Couch.
0:36.5	This podcast is where we go deep on career advice
0:38.9	from women who have lived it.
0:40.1	From the good stuff like hiring and growing a team,
0:42.8	to the rough stuff, like negotiating your salary
0:45.8	and giving or getting hard feedback.
0:48.3	We started the skim from a couch,
0:49.9	so what better place to talk it all out
0:52.1	than where it began on a couch? Hi guys good morning happy
1:08.0	Good morning happy Friday we are so excited to be here and thank you all for showing up bright and early.
1:16.4	Let's get into it.
1:18.9	Jody Cantor and Megan Toe are the New York Times heavy-hitting investigative reporters who broke the story of the Harvey Weinstein sexual harassment case.
1:29.0	Keep in mind that two years ago when they were working on this we still had Charlie Rose on the
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