The NYT's Jenna Wortham just wants to "write about people who look like me”

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4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2016

⏱️ 37 minutes

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New York Times Magazine staff writer Jenna Wortham talks with Peter Kafka about covering the intersection of culture and technology at Wired magazine and then at the Times. Wortham has also pursued several side projects, including the journalism-as-live-performance show Pop-Up Magazine. She argues that today's journalists must constantly reinvent themselves and that there's value in zigging where others zag. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:13.1	Hey Peter. It seemed like this interview would not happen. We tried it once. It didn't work.
1:18.7	Thank you for sticking around. We appreciate it. Of course. What is the best way to describe you, Jenna?
1:24.1	You are a staff writer, New York Times Magazine? Mm-hmm. That's your day job?
1:27.6	That's my day job.
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