Never Mind the Lofty Journalism Aspirations
Inc. executive editor Jon Fine is going on a brief book tour.
The reviews for Your Band Sucks, Jon Fine’s look back at his days as a guitarist with punk rock band Bitch Magnet, have been solid. Ahead of a one-week book tour starting this weekend, the Inc. executive editor chatted with The Observer staff writer Matthew Kassel.
At the end of the Q&A, there is this exchange:
Do you think there’s something about having been in a punk band — having absorbed that kind of anti-establishment spirit — that lends itself to becoming a journalist?
Well, I mean, journalists have to be comfortable asking people questions they probably don’t want to hear, pursuing stories they don’t want you to pursue, hearing from people after you write about them.
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