Halpern stresses persistence in journalism career path
Freelance journalist Jake Halpern’s ’97 life is a story of persistence in the face of rejection.
In a Morse College Master’s Tea on Thursday, the 28-year old Halpern admitted that his life has been no different from that of the typical writer — grueling and unpredictable. But now Halpern, who receives regular calls from the editors of The New Yorker, Harpers, Slate and Rolling Stone and recently published his second book, “Fame Junkies,” can offer his own life as an example of the force of sheer, dogged determination.
Halpern said the first turning point in his life came...
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