When I left Toronto and entered journalism in the late 1990s, I had many notions about the news business, nearly all of them wrong, as it turned out.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I did not read newspapers until I became a reporter.
There is no doubt that the way journalism worked when I was growing up and getting started has changed forever.
I got my start in lefty journalism as a labor reporter at 'In These Times', and it's in my blood.
I started in business journalism from the outside, so when I started writing about markets and business, I was struck by the fact that markets seemed to work well even though people are often irrational, lack good information and are not perfect in the way they think about decisions.
When I finished grad school, I sort of fell into journalism. Someone mentioned that there was an entry-level job at the Reuters News Agency. I applied, and, to my amazement, I got the job.
I used to be a journalist.
I was sports editor for my high school newspaper, but I think I shied away from journalism.
My own career started in New York at the 'Associated Press', a fast-paced news agency where we rarely had time for deep reporting.
It turned out I really didn't like journalism. I wanted to make up stories, not cover real events.
I can't think of any other job in journalism where the newsmakers come to you.