I've always worked on the fringe of the British press establishment, carving out this niche for myself.
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I like the best of the British press. The best of the British press is very good.
I did TV for a bit, and somewhere along the line, I started writing a column for 'The Independent' newspaper in England, and now I write features for 'British Vogue.'
I've always been inspired by a lot of work coming out of the UK.
I became a journalist partly so that I wouldn't ever have to rely on the press for my information.
There's so much cynicism around in Britain, especially in the press. The American press might be naive, but at least you feel as if they're on your side.
My own career started in New York at the 'Associated Press', a fast-paced news agency where we rarely had time for deep reporting.
When I was 26 or 27, I gave up journalism. I came to England after my mom died, to let serendipity take its course. And I just found myself back in journalism again.
When I was at graduate school in London, I began working at NBC News, which had a thriving documentary unit.
I almost became a political journalist, having worked as a reporter at the time of Watergate. The proximity to those events motivated me, when I wound up doing philosophy, to try to use it to move the public debate.
Journalism took me around the world. I worked in London for ten years and reported on the collapse of the Soviet Union, the troubles in Northern Ireland, and the first Gulf War.
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