On this episode, Mark Simon is joined by Mary C Curtis. Mary is a longtime reporter and editor, and now columnist for Congressional Quarterly Roll Call – covering the intersection of politics, race and culture.
Mary is also a senior facilitator at The Op-Ed Project, a group that mentors people (mostly women) to share their stories and be thought leaders. She has 40 years in an NABJ Hall-of-Fame career in journalism to draw upon, including time as an editor at The New York Times and Baltimore Sun.
Mary talked about her journalism origin story – as a lifelong observer of people. She explained her column writing – where she gets her ideas and how she writes her ledes and her kickers. She also talked about the editing work she had done – and how she overcame misperceptions about her in newsrooms. And she explained the work she does for The Op-Ed Project.
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Mary’s Salute: MLK50
Mary’s Podcast: Equal Time with Mary C. Curtis
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Massarah Mikati, Communities and Engagement Reporter: Philadelphia Inquirer
Divya Karthikeyan, Race & Equity Reporter: Louisville Public Media
Tim Furlong, Delaware Bureau Reporter - NBC10 Philadelphia
Colleen Cronin, Environmental Reporter, ecoRI News
Adrianna Adame, Reporter, Buffalo's Fire
Joseph Bustos, Politics & Government Reporter: The State
Rochelle Estrada, President SPJ Student Chapter, William Paterson University
Frances Solá-Santiago, Fashion Writer: Refinery29
Marjorie Cortez, Education Reporter: Deseret News
Michael Clair, Reporter- MLB.com
Cindy Kuzma, Freelance Journalist (specializing in running)
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Stefania Lugli, Civic Engagement Reporter - Kansas Leadership Center & Planeta Venus
Karli Paulson, Publisher: Clark County Courier
Richard Tsong-Taatarii, Photograper- Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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Frank Vaisvilas, Indigenous Affairs Reporter, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel
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