Allan Sloan is an American journalist, formerly senior editor at large at Fortune magazine.
I've spent my career trying to help people without connections understand what's going on so that they have a chance of getting a fair shake from the connected and the powerful.
I don't tolerate whining, I look at people & say 'you're a victim, it's not your fault' figure our how to survive!
Report, report, report. Dig, dig, dig. Think, think, think. Don't stop being a reporter because you've become a columnist.
Don't commit to being a columnist unless you're willing to do it right. Report your behind off, so you have something original and useful to say. Say it in a way that will interest someone other than you, your family and your sources.
When I started writing a business column 15 years ago, I knew I'd found the perfect job for myself. As a columnist I could pick my own topic, do my own analysis, say what I wanted to say and attribute it to myself. Best of all, I could write in my own voice.
Teamwork is better than isolation, especially for a columnist.
Go for the gold: better one great column and some undistinguished ones than constant mediocrity.
I grew up in an environment of jokes and sarcasm and puns. I talk that way, so I write that way.
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