Anne Kornblut: The FishbowlDC Interview

Say hello to the Washington Post’s Anne Kornblut.

What word do you routinely misspell? kerfuffle (kerfuffel?)

What’s the name of your cell phone ring? Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believing”

What time did you get up this morning? 6:30 am

When did you last cry and why? you don’t want to know. okay. fine. Monday night. when it became clear the Hillary Clinton campaign theme song contest was about to end.

How many emails do you receive a day, roughly? hundreds

What’s your favorite letter? as a Scrabble player, “X”

What single person played the biggest role / had the biggest influence on your journalism career? my high school English teacher, Sally Alexander; and Alan Brinkley, my history professor at Columbia who refused to let me apply for a PhD program and told me to go be a reporter.

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