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Bob Herbert: Still Working the Beat of Left-Out People

There is a hunger out there for some kind of serious approach to the big issues of the day, and you have to be creative about it— that’s our job,” says former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert of today's media landscape. Bob joined us in his first in-depth interview since leaving the New York Times in March of this year.

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There is a hunger out there for some kind of serious approach to the big issues of the day, and you have to be creative about it— that’s our job,” says former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert of today's media landscape. Bob joined us in his first in-depth interview since leaving the New York Times in March of this year.

After 20 years of working the at the Times' op-ed desk, Bob left for greener pastures—and a longer word-count. Bob is now working on a new book that will tackle, in depth, some of the issues that he covered in his nearly 20 years of working the “beat of left-out people”. Bob joins us today to talk about his career as a journalist, why he left the Times, media, race, and more.

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