Nick’s integrity, intelligence and compassion are hard to come by in today’s world. I’d work for him sans salary if I weren’t retired...
Thanks for your perspective. I greatly value this column, no matter what Nick has to say. And I value your contribution to it as well.
I thoroughly enjoy Times Insider, thank you NYT.
Nick Kristoff is a delight to read; He explores and explains his subject in such a fundamental way that apart from his own compassion coming through in his writing you get the feeling that you are physically there as a witness to that particular circumstance. That is the mark of a true journalist supported by excellent staff.
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Thank you NYT for creating Times Insider.
I guess there is no point in having an opinion writer who isn't opinionated. Insider is a wonderful window into knowing a little bit more about the human being behind the persona created solely on the basis of their writings.
Feel like this article in some ways tell me more about how much Mr. Kristof cares about his causes than some of his pieces.
I guess there is no point in having an opinion writer who isn't opinionated. Insider is a wonderful window into knowing a little bit more about the human being behind the persona created solely on the basis of their writings.
Feel like this article in some ways tell me more about how much Mr. Kristof cares about his causes than some of his pieces.
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A lovely bouquet to a true humanitarian. Good luck to you in your new position.
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Okay, so I am a few days behind. Thank you Ms. Higa for your efforts.
Imho, Mr. Kristof and his work are truly, truly worth his/their weight in gold. It is unsurprising that some of his columns from afar are not as widely read as the ones focused on domestic politics. I always look forward to reading them since I do not know of many other places in the media here where one can easily find such information. Mr. Kristof's work is, imho, truly the "news that is fit to print."
Imho, Mr. Kristof and his work are truly, truly worth his/their weight in gold. It is unsurprising that some of his columns from afar are not as widely read as the ones focused on domestic politics. I always look forward to reading them since I do not know of many other places in the media here where one can easily find such information. Mr. Kristof's work is, imho, truly the "news that is fit to print."
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I have been a fan for over 20 years (before I became a transplanted Oregonian), and Nick has educated me on issues that were on the margins of my knowledge, such as sex trafficking abroad and many issues about Africa. I am happy to say that I have been able to introduce those issues to many people, both friends and acquaintances, and also students during my college educator days, and now as a semi-retired substitute teacher. I look forward to his summer stories filed from Oregon, including those about the family farm and his trail walking with his daughter. His columns force me to think and reflect on the wider issues of the world beyond the election follies, even though I guiltily am semi-obsessed with the latter. Keep on with it, Nick!
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You work for two great columnists! Good karma!
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Thank you for sharing the inner workings of how essays get written from Mr. Kristof's table. He is my HERO. Thanks to his writings that I get educated about the world. He inspires my non profit work focusing on wellness and enriching learning programs for rural underserved children in India and the US.
You are blessed to work with Mr. Kristof...
You are blessed to work with Mr. Kristof...
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I really enjoy is thought provoking coverage of the social justice work of evangelicals. I think (hope) it makes all of us liberals be as open minded as we claim to be.
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Thank you MS. Higa for your good and hard work, and for not getting discouraged. Thanks be for Mr. Kristof as well, of course. I value and trust his moral judgment, and appreciate his efforts to bring to light so many of the world's wrongs, particularly those wrongs against women. And I and many others thank him for his courage and determination to fight the good fight.
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I don't know if your mom will read this, or if his mom will, but I read it, and I enjoyed reading it. I once worked at a small daily newspaper and part of my job was to prepare syndicated columns for publication, removing extra line breaks and such. Unfortunately, I did not get to choose which columnists got published. But anyway, there are a lot of little people who help to make the world go around. Thanks for doing your part.
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Thanks for all of your hard work, Liriel.
Ms. Greenberg will have big shoes to fill.
Let's be glad there are columnists like Mr. Kristof - he is one of the reasons that I read the NYT. Mundane, interesting, persuasive - it's all worthwhile.
It's too bad we live in such an echo chamber these days, however. For instance, I enjoy reading David Brooks. I don't have to agree with his viewpoints, but reading what he has to say is a good idea.
Columnists should help us convict ourselves of our misconceptions. Thanks again for helping Mr. Kristof fight the good fight.
Ms. Greenberg will have big shoes to fill.
Let's be glad there are columnists like Mr. Kristof - he is one of the reasons that I read the NYT. Mundane, interesting, persuasive - it's all worthwhile.
It's too bad we live in such an echo chamber these days, however. For instance, I enjoy reading David Brooks. I don't have to agree with his viewpoints, but reading what he has to say is a good idea.
Columnists should help us convict ourselves of our misconceptions. Thanks again for helping Mr. Kristof fight the good fight.
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Riel, thanks for your efforts supporting Nick's work. I consider him to be an eloquent, ethical, and enlightened voice. Good luck to you, and more power to Nick.
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I love Nick and have read his columns during his entire tenure at NYT. I have to admit though, I get very depressed by some of his columns and have to stop reading, otherwise I would have a terrible day. These are in particular depressing articles about child prostitution and child labor. I have children and cannot bear to see how some people in the world treat or rather mis-treat children. I hope Nick continues to cover these very relevant issues and I hope someday he gets a big acknowledgement. In my heart I know that the best acknowledgement for Nick would be that at least one of his "problem" issues is finally solved. It is my hope too, in this very cruel and sometimes heartless world. God Bless Nick and keep him safe in his worldwide travels.
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Thanks for your hard work Liriel. Those facts are a reason I love reading Mr. Kristof. Best of luck in your new position.
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Lovely peek into your work world! Kristof is one of my favorite NYT writers and looks like you're both lucky to be working with each other!! He will certainly be lost without you! I think we all need and need to be "assistants" having each other's backs before getting out in the ring, so your skill is worth learning!!
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THANKS for this insight! I am so very proud that Mr. Kristof is a native Oregonian! And that he's smart and caring and brave!!
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"There are readers out there who make a sport of finding errors (they’re the ones who start their notes with “How the gray lady has fallen …”) and who are experts in every field."
Betrays a disdain for the readership. Columnists (and their assistants) should always keep in mind the old chestnut: "the customer is always right". Certainly it is often not true. But respect for the clientele constitutes an essential foundation for retailers, and for columnists too.
Betrays a disdain for the readership. Columnists (and their assistants) should always keep in mind the old chestnut: "the customer is always right". Certainly it is often not true. But respect for the clientele constitutes an essential foundation for retailers, and for columnists too.
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You are so lucky; what a great job!. Please let Mr. Kristof know that many readers learn so much from his international columns. I have often felt deep emotions after reading a column before heading off to work as a high school teacher. I often use articles and Op-Ed pieces from the New York Times as part of my curriculum and at times an Op-Ed piece might be the impetus to a class discussion the day the column appeared.
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and I saw him on a plane last week coming to NY from Rome....he flies economy class....impressive for someone always traveling the world with a big name....no limousine liberal there.
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"...Economy class..." what else would it be knowing Nick.
He who travels with the least...
He who travels with the least...
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I absolutely love these articles! The interview with Gail was fantastic as well. Please keep them coming. It's so rich and rewarding to read the 'behind the scenes' of the Op-Ed team.
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Interesting article. Thank you. I love both Nick and Charles' columns - always the first columns I look at. So, by induction, you're also one of my favourites. Sorry to hear that you're moving on. Good luck with your new venture/position.
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Thanks for the column; as a minor player on the journalism stage, I appreciate getting backstage for the big productions--and Kristof is one of the stars. I, for one (and my social media followers), pay attention to him--I just wish I could do more to make the changes the world so desperately needs when he points them out.
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Tell Nick that I read his "unpopular" stuff and value it. Thank you for being such a good helper to such an essential man.
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Well, you must have done a really good job, because for many of us, it is one of the columns we most look forward to! Partly because of it's often exotic place of origin, but more often because of it's style and content. You are fortunate to have worked with both columnists! For some of us, it would be a dream job! As long as it didn't require the dinners of large bugs, anyway.
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If you must be shot, make sure the mugger isn't greedy.
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Did Nicholas sit on purpose in front of that poster featuring the poem HEAVEN? if so or even if not, the two go together. Some day it will all be in the past including us, our planet, and even the Universe itself. So is there a purpose in all of this or is there no purpose. All random chance? Looking at that picture, Nicholas and the poem, i would say, all random chance? Not. We are making the past by our choices. Nicholas' past will be good. For the simple fact he is doing good now. Whether that merges into a personal immortality or a future in heaven is another question, but it sure will change at least some lives for the better, and their children's lives for the better, and so on into what? The past? Infinity?
I bet it was a blast Ms. Higa working with Nicholas. And thank you for all the inside tips in turning out a column and all the help that is involved in getting the final draft into print or digital print.
I bet it was a blast Ms. Higa working with Nicholas. And thank you for all the inside tips in turning out a column and all the help that is involved in getting the final draft into print or digital print.
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Nick Kristof is the better conscience of our world. His willingness to highlight human issues through a global lens- like endemic corruption and lack of services in Angola, to sex trafficking here in Portland, Oregon - provide invaluable attention to the forgotten and suffering people of this world.
I do wish, as with the recent articles on South Sudan, that he could help point common people toward some simple organizations that are doing good work. His books with his wife, Half the Sky and A Path Appears, are fantastic in balancing reality with hope. From Western China to Yamhill, Oregon Nick gets it right. It's not just your mom who reads those articles- Myself, my friends, my family, my colleagues- we all do. May you live 100 years and keep doing what you are doing. You have impacted many thousands upon thousands of lives.
~ a supporter in Portland.
I do wish, as with the recent articles on South Sudan, that he could help point common people toward some simple organizations that are doing good work. His books with his wife, Half the Sky and A Path Appears, are fantastic in balancing reality with hope. From Western China to Yamhill, Oregon Nick gets it right. It's not just your mom who reads those articles- Myself, my friends, my family, my colleagues- we all do. May you live 100 years and keep doing what you are doing. You have impacted many thousands upon thousands of lives.
~ a supporter in Portland.
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I "found" Nick Kristof years ago in the Times, and became totally committed to reading his columns. Quite often I send them to friends and family as well. He has changed my sense of what is possible if one is not terribly afraid to get more involved with the people spread around the planet in different cultures . Often I think if I were starting over I would want to model myself on him--take some risks to learn more about this world, and to share that knowledge as he does so well. I liked reading Liriel Higa's comments about working with him.
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...pls note that "revert back" is a double negative...shame on you:)
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Bill - don't scare Zoe! It's going to be hard enough to fill Liriel's shoes... :-)
So I'm not the only one.
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...."How the gray lady has fallen...."
She has probably fallen out of her chair because she is so shocked and pleased with all the GREAT work you and Nick do! As a reader, I appreciate all your efforts.
She has probably fallen out of her chair because she is so shocked and pleased with all the GREAT work you and Nick do! As a reader, I appreciate all your efforts.
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Nick is a hero in my book. Thanks for helping.
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How can you look forward to being a mere reader! This not yet gray lade would lurve such a job.
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