Wanted to share out a living document I made — Writer Stuff.
This is a doc to share inspiration, resources, and ideas for people who write and work in media. It’s also a document for those who might want to pursue a career in media. The document is for myself as much as it is for anyone else.
Primarily, I am focused on the work of journalists, essayists, copy editors, editors, newsletter writers, writers of all types and sizes, and anyone who is trying to tell us about the world in a true way. This is my answer to bleak, economic prospects and times if you’re facing them. Or it can also be for sky-high, vibrant economic times. Whichever. It’s a resource page. It’s a humble lifeline if someone needs it.
Anyone can leave a comment or suggestion on the document. I’ll update with my own ideas and integrate suggestions regularly.
One bit of general advice for journalists. I read the remarkable She Said this past week, which documents Megan Twohey and Jodi Kantor’s investigative reporting into Harvey Weinstein’s systematic and horrific treatment of women over a few decades. The reporting also thrusted the #MeToo movement into the public sphere and shifted a paradigm about the work place. The book chronicles the early days of the reporting to the last minutes before the team pushed the button to publish. You won’t find a better play-by-play of reporting than here, and why we need journalists.
One of Megan Twohey’s former editors used to have a sign on his desk that said, “If your mother says she loves you, check it out.” Double click on the facts. Facts tell the story. What one person says doesn’t make it a solid fact. Journalists follow the facts and double check the source material. The stronger the evidence, the stronger the truth behind the story. Never take someone’s word for it. Your mother, though, likely isn’t lying when she says she loves you.
So, more generally speaking, call your Mom, hear her story.
More Tuck Talk later this week.
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Open heart, open mind.