WaPo Readers Pick Aspiring Journalist's Story As Best 'Coffeehouse Story'

This is like the mobius strip of journalism, somehow.

Earlier this week, the Washington Post sent seven reporters to coffeehouses across the region to find feature stories. The resulting stories appeared online, and readers voted to decide which of the seven should appear in the paper today.

Out of stories about retired guys discussing huge issues over coffee, a guy wondering if he should marry his girlfriend, and an unemployed Iranian immigrant who changed his name to “Mike Milano” to avoid awkward questions, Post readers voted on an essay written by a UMD J-school undergrad.

Here’s how it starts, by J.

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