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one unsung section of nytimes.com that i really like is the "ask a reporter" q&a's. every coupla weeks (i can't figure out their publishing schedule, if they have one), kids can submit questions to one of the reporters or correspondents or critics. but they always start off with bios of the writers so you can see how they worked their way up to the paper. i'm sure it's a bunch of j-school assholes like me that are submitting those "questions from kids," and some of the writers are smarmy, but some of them are genuine and smart and cool-sounding.
Q. Why did you want to be a journalist?posted March 14, 2005 in delivery, print. 2003
Henry
Grade 4
USA
A. Dear Henry,
What a great question. Well, I always liked writing. But it was more than that: Being a journalist really gives you the chance to talk to so many different people and go to so many different places. So I guess at first it was about the writing. And then, once I started doing it, I realized that it was a great way to get paid to be curious. And every day it's something new, and I wanted to do something that was always interesting and always different and something that feels like it could change things in the world, even in small ways. Like if you found out about something really bad that was happening and you wrote about it in the newspaper, someone could find out about it, and maybe that bad thing wouldn't happen anymore. Or, if you found out about something really good and you wrote about it, maybe more people would do that good thing. Both of those things have happened to me since I have been a journalist and that makes it very worthwhile. So, thanks for asking!
Sincerely,
Sarah Kershaw