EPISODE · Aug 23, 2023 · 26 MIN
Dan Barry: Writing Extraordinary Stories About Ordinary People - Part 2
from Before The Cheering Started with Budd Mishkin · host Budd Mishkin
Send us Fan MailDan Barry paid his dues on his journey to becoming an acclaimed author and writer and columnist for The New York Times. There was a first job at a small paper in Connecticut where he covered the murder of one of his newspaper colleagues. There was a disastrous first job interview at the Times, having nothing to do with Dan or actually anyone at the Times either. And there is the priceless story of Dan walking to a cancer procedure in the early 2000s, accompanied by his newspaper writing hero, Jimmy Breslin. Enjoy part two of my conversation with Dan Barry.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Send us Fan Mail Dan Barry paid his dues on his journey to becoming an acclaimed author and writer and columnist for The New York Times. There was a first job at a small paper in Connecticut where he covered the murder of one of his newspaper colleagues. There was a disastrous first job interview at the Times, having nothing to do with Dan or actually anyone at the Times either. And there is the priceless story of Dan walking to a cancer procedure in the early 2000s, accompanied by his ...
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