So many women have had to make these sacrifices – putting off having kids, letting their husbands down – for some career opportunity. Mine just happened to be covering the woman trying to become the first woman president. Amy Chozick Read Quote
I was crashing with a boyfriend on his couch in Fort Green. At first, I was temping – insurance agencies, nonprofits – and then, in between temping, I was going on job interviews, and I could name 12 publications, some of which no longer exist, that didn’t even call me back or interviewed me and had no interest. Amy Chozick Read Quote
I think you find stories with fresh perspectives, and there can be a danger in the opposite way when you start getting too cynical and things just don’t start seeming like stories, and things don’t seem exciting anymore. It’s like, ‘Yep, this is my fourth caucus, and I know everybody and know everything and I am writing just to impress my friends.’ Amy Chozick Read Quote
In 2007, I went straight from Tokyo to Iowa to join Hillary Clinton’s traveling press. I felt like a foreigner there, too. I remember thinking, ‘Americans are huge.’ Amy Chozick Read Quote
I do think, with any beat, it helps to establish a basic level of comfort and cordiality, especially if you plan to ask uncomfortable questions. Sitting down in person for a meal or a coffee can help that. Amy Chozick Read Quote
