Michael Hastings
Michael Hastings
Michael Mahon Hastingswas an American journalist, author, contributing editor to Rolling Stone and reporter for BuzzFeed. He was raised in New York, Canada, and Vermont, and attended New York University. Hastings rose to prominence with his coverage of the Iraq War for Newsweek in the 2000s. After his fiancee Andrea Parhamovich was killed when her car was ambushed in Iraq, Hastings wrote his first book, I Lost My Love in Baghdad: A Modern War Story, a memoir about his relationship...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionJournalist
Date of Birth28 January 1980
CountryUnited States of America
Usually when reporting on powerful public figures, the press advisor and I would have had a conversation that established what journalists call 'ground rules,' placing restrictions on what can and cannot be reported.
If Bill O'Reilly is calling you a far-left critic, in my book, no matter what your political persuasion is, that's probably - that probably means you're doing a good job.
For me, when I go in to write a profile, and no ground rules are laid down, and I'm there to write an on-the-record profile and cover readings while in the room, then that means it's on the record.
He's been wanting to do this forever, ... Mike began writing in sixth grade.
To General McChrystal, those men on his team are his family. You know, these guys, they would do anything. They would die for each other.
My younger brother is a decorated combat veteran and was a platoon leader in Iraq.
It was either write or die for me.
If someone tells you something is off the record, I don't print it. If they don't tell me something is off the record, then it's fair game.
I've been in this business now for almost ten years. I've done a lot of stories. I have a pretty good track record.
I write for fun. I had written a kind of media satire, but I doubt it will see the light of day. It was just a personal project.
I went into journalism to do journalism, not advertising.
I welcome all interviews with 'Rolling Stone' magazine, and I'm sure people will talk to me in the future.
I think it's very difficult to make people care about natives in another country.
You basically have to be willing to devote your life to journalism if you want to break in. Treat it like it's medical school or law school.