Features writer zakcheneyrice on covering race and politics, working from home, and his daily news diet
Features writer Zak Cheney-Rice Photo: Intelligencer The team of journalists at New York works hard to bring you conversation-starting stories. But who exactly are these editors and writers? Get to know them with a New York Minute, our interview series where we ask staff about their lives and their careers. Next up: New York Magazine features writer Zak Cheney-Rice.I’ve been working remotely for almost three years so, in most ways, not that different.
But on a deeper level, when you write about topics like race and racism in America — which tend to be contentious — you want your work to have a home where it’s going to be supported, productively challenged, and where you don’t have to fight every day to convince your editors that it’s worthwhile. The Intelligencer team was clear that they were interested in being that kind of place, and they have been.
I also try to keep in mind something Adam Moss told me when I first started here, which is that I shouldn’t feel pressured to approach everything I write like it’s the final word on that subject. He said, “You’re building a body of work.” Every piece is an opportunity to learn, ask questions, and draw interesting connections. Sometimes I’ll be wrong. More often, hopefully, I’m onto something.
For example, there’s good race and inequality reporting being done at the Associated Press, the New York Times. The Appeal, which is run by my wife, is hard to beat for comprehensive coverage of the criminal-justice and legal systems. I need to be better about this, but I try to do a periodic front page scan of local outlets in the Southeast and Gulf states — the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Clarion-Ledger in Jackson, Mississippi, the Miami Herald, AL.com.
You’ve published over 250 stories in the two years since you joined New York. What’s one recent story you’re especially proud of?
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