Have I told you about the time I tried to quit journalism? It’s true, I did. Between 2006 and 2009, I gave up on it. It was too hard. Looking back on it, I think I needed to take time to figure out how badly I really wanted to be a part of a profession that didn’t seem like it had much space for someone like me. I had to know how much of me would be mis…
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