{"id":12698,"date":"2021-10-31T04:41:37","date_gmt":"2021-10-31T11:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=12698"},"modified":"2021-11-02T05:30:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T12:30:39","slug":"a-farewell-to-readers-with-hope-the-new-york-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldcampaign.net\/?p=12698","title":{"rendered":"“A Farewell to Readers, With Hope”, The New York Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

By <\/span>Nicholas Kristof<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>Opinion, Guest Essay, Oct. 28, 2021<\/p>\n

Mr. Kristof was a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and reporter for The Times for 37 years. He is now a candidate for governor of Oregon.<\/p>\n

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My life was transformed when I was 25 years old and nervously walked into a job interview in the grand office of Abe Rosenthal, the legendary and tempestuous executive editor of The New York Times. At one point, I disagreed with him, so I waited for him to explode and call security. Instead, he stuck out his hand and offered me a job.<\/p>\n

Exhilaration washed over me: I was a kid and had found my employer for the rest of my life! I was sure that I would leave The Times only feet first.<\/p>\n

Yet this is my last column for The Times. I am giving up a job<\/a> I love to run for governor of Oregon.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s fair to question my judgment. When my colleague William Safire was asked if he would give up his Times column to be secretary of state, he replied, \u201cWhy take a step down?\u201d<\/p>\n

So why am I doing this?<\/p>\n

I\u2019m getting to that, but first a few lessons from my 37 years as a Times reporter, editor and columnist.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n