Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrent
Daniel Okrentis an American writer and editor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEditor
Date of Birth2 April 1948
CountryUnited States of America
access american-editor aware challenge constantly editors public readers
Keep public editors around, give readers more access to the editors of the paper, constantly challenge itself, and be aware of its own history.
jobs liking-someone worry
Now I worry. If people ended up liking me, did I do the job wrong? So I decided they didn't end up liking me - they ended up being able to deal with me.
balance imbalance sometimes
The pursuit of balance can create imbalance because sometimes something is true,
nice hate want
If you really hate George Bush, you don't want to read about his hobbies or that he's nice to his friends or that he's good company at dinner.
pundits ridicule reporters
I know there are reporters who ridicule pundits.
writing people choices
That the Op-Ed page is very important in readers' and the nation's perception of the Times, the perception of its editorial positions, and of its implicit editorial positions as expressed by the publisher's choice of people who are given the freedom to write opinion columns.