David Remnick's Advice to Yale Students

New Yorker gatekeeper reminds of the value of gumption.

This is both hilarious and seriously great advice.

During a recent talk at Yale University’s Branford College, New Yorker editor in chief David Remnick recalled how he once took a position as a Washington Post sports reporter without a great amount of subject matter expertise in that area. Which, per a report in the Yale Daily News, allowed him to then share this exhortation:

“My best advice to young reporters would be: anytime someone in the business asks you, ‘Do you know anything about [any topic]…?’— whatever it is, your answer should be, ‘Absolutely!’” Remnick said, eliciting laughter from the audience.

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