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A Labor Reporter: Steven Greenhouse

By Michael W. Fox, Esq.

The Washington Post has a great interview with someone who spent the last 30 years covering the labor beat for the New York Times, Steven Greenhouse.  He is taking a buyout and will be writing a book, but his insight on labor unions and inequality are worth checking out.

Trained as both a journalist and a lawyer, the money quote on those two professions is here:

While I was at law school, I realized the actual work of what one does day to day, that journalism was more fun and intellectually stimulating, I found, than being a lawyer. I decided that if I could get a job at the New York Times or The Washington Post, I would do that rather than being a lawyer..... Many lawyers have said to me that they?re envious that I have such an interesting job, and I turn around and say I?m envious that you?re making five times as much as I am.

For anyone who has any interest in the subject matter that this blog covers, this is required reading.

 

 

Full post as published by Jottings By An Employer's Lawyer on December 09, 2014 (boomark / email).