Ezra Klein
Ezra Klein
Ezra Kleinis an American blogger and columnist. He is most known for his former work as a blogger and columnist for The Washington Post, as well his ongoing work as a contributor to Bloomberg News and MSNBC. He was formerly an associate editor of The American Prospect political magazine and a political blogger at the same publication...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth9 May 1984
CityIrvine, CA
CountryUnited States of America
Every newspaper in the country covers stories that other newspapers cover. Every industry is filled with people who are competing to do the best job providing a particular service.
When you're trying to come up with a good approach to reporting on the bleeding edge of where the conversation's moving, you're just leaving a lot of people who aren't on the bleeding edge of that conversation out.
When I first came to Washington, what I admired most was that people were just really, really smart with a tremendous amount of intellectual horsepower and the ability to look at an issue and say something fresh.
The idea of changing and fixing the problem of how news is presented on the Internet has been recognized for a long time.
I think it's weird that the news cedes so much ground to Wikipedia. That isn't true in other informational sectors.
People set newspapers on fire; they use them for wrapping fish. The Internet does not have that property. What I don't think we've gotten is that you can make things last longer than in print.
It's not a good idea to conceptualize a static relationship with long-standing policies, like health care.
When I talk to people about 'KnowMore', it is as an experiment. The biggest thing I'll say there is that we've learned a lot from 'KnowMore'.
If I'm sitting around exulting over traffic data, I'm an idiot.
My only advice is to try to get the job that's most like the job you want, rather than the one that's more prestigious. Always try to be the talent.
My career wouldn't exist without blogs, electronic text, hyperlinks, and mass online audiences.
The thing to remember about being young is you eventually get old.