I always thought of myself as more of a columnist, but maybe a columnist who does reporting.
I get the 'The New York Times' and 'Los Angeles Times' thrown at my door every morning. I'll read the front page of 'The New York Times,' then the op-eds, then scan the arts section and then the sports section. Then I do the same with the 'L.A. Times.'
'NYT Opinion' offers our readers what we think are the most stimulating and interesting points of view you can find anywhere.
I write a column for The Village Voice, which I've done since time immemorial, and occasionally - and books. And I occasionally write minor notes for record albums and occasional articles.
I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.
The newspapers are the cemeteries of ideas.
I think there's an important difference between the newspaper and a magazine. I view the role of the magazine as providing the deeper reporting and the thoughtful analysis to help you make sense of why that news is important.
I never actually went anywhere when I was a journalist. I was a critic, and I just sort of got stuff in the mail and chatted about it.
Well, I, you know, I think at PIMCO we always try and be open with the press and the public. I mean, isn't that what voters want from their politicians? Mohamed El-Erian, our CEO, writes several op-eds a week.
I can't comment on every article in the newspapers.
I think people are attracted to The Huffington Post's blend of up-to-the-second news and thoughtful opinion, delivered with an attitude. Plus, I think they enjoy that we cover so many different things - from politics and entertainment to style and satire. There is always something interesting to read and think about - and even to laugh at.
The editorial page is where you'll find our opinions, while the letters columns and the space for Op-Ed contributors are a forum for debate and discussion.
As for editorial content, that's the stuff you separate the ads with.
I stopped buying Sunday papers about 15 years ago, because you'd buy handfuls of them, and what you got, because the hard news comes from so many other channels, was opinion pieces. You're better off spending the money on a good novel.
Online, you have things like Slate Magazine, which has a lot of commentary and analysis of stories, so it gives you a fuller picture. I would compare that to a news magazine or the New Republic.
I have written periodically for the Guardian for more than a decade.
I loved writing for the school newspaper. I liked to report and interview people, but I really liked to write columns, funny columns.
What we try to do at 'The Federalist' is to provide opinion and analysis that brings in a lot of different perspectives from across the Right. You'll see, a lot of times, us running an article that argues one side of something and then an article that argues the opposite.
The difference between literature and journalism is that journalism is unreadable and literature is not read.
Editorials are written by people who have agreed to have several strong opinions a day and to write them down, provided they do not have to sign their names.
I read, every day, the 'Wall Street Journal''s editorials because I like to think how my smart enemy thinks.
I love to run smart essays and commentary. But it doesn't replace the other kind of reporting.
If you dared to put your opinion into a factual piece, your editors said, "You can't do this. Write an op-ed."
I always got appreciation for the columns I wrote for newspapers.
There were always plenty of newspapers in the house. 'The Times', 'Guardian', 'Daily Telegraph' and 'Daily Mail' were all regular fixtures on the coffee table. I used to enjoy reading 'The Times' editorial pages and the 'Daily Mail' sports pages.
