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Why New York Times reporter Nellie Bowles doesn't write her stories at a desk
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My guest today is journalist Nellie Bowles. Nellie covers tech and internet culture for The New York Times. Before joining The Times, she was a correspondent for “VICE News Tonight.” She has written for Recode, The Guardian, and started her writing career at the San Francisco Chronicle.
I met Nellie because she interviewed me for a story a couple of months ago and I thought it would be fascinating to hear about how a NYT journalist actually spends their days. We cover lots of topics in this interview, including:
- How Nellie scored herself a job at the NYT
- Nellie’s quirky strategies for becoming a better writer
- Where Nellie finds ideas for stories
- How Nellie prepares for an interview
- Nellie’s go-to interview questions
- Why Nellie doesn’t like reading about people before she interviews them
- Nellie's approach for tuning out digital distractions
- Nellie’s Digital Shabbat
- Nellie’s go-to websites for staying up-to-date with tech news
- Why Nellie doesn’t listen to podcasts
And much more.
Find Nellie on Twitter at @NellieBowles https://twitter.com/nelliebowles
Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.
Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au
If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
672 episodes
Manage episode 228691276 series 2411635
My guest today is journalist Nellie Bowles. Nellie covers tech and internet culture for The New York Times. Before joining The Times, she was a correspondent for “VICE News Tonight.” She has written for Recode, The Guardian, and started her writing career at the San Francisco Chronicle.
I met Nellie because she interviewed me for a story a couple of months ago and I thought it would be fascinating to hear about how a NYT journalist actually spends their days. We cover lots of topics in this interview, including:
- How Nellie scored herself a job at the NYT
- Nellie’s quirky strategies for becoming a better writer
- Where Nellie finds ideas for stories
- How Nellie prepares for an interview
- Nellie’s go-to interview questions
- Why Nellie doesn’t like reading about people before she interviews them
- Nellie's approach for tuning out digital distractions
- Nellie’s Digital Shabbat
- Nellie’s go-to websites for staying up-to-date with tech news
- Why Nellie doesn’t listen to podcasts
And much more.
Find Nellie on Twitter at @NellieBowles https://twitter.com/nelliebowles
Visit amanthaimber.com/podcast for full show notes from all episodes.
Get in touch at amantha@inventium.com.au
If you are looking for more tips to improve the way you work, I write a short monthly newsletter that contains three cool things that I have discovered that help me work better, which range from interesting research findings through to gadgets I am loving. You can sign up for that at http://howiwork.co
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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