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Episode 26 with Burhan Wazir – award winning journalist & editor
“Why is this happening? And why now?”
Episode 26 – Burhan Wazir – Show Notes
- Career progression from reporter to editor and back to writing
- Morning person and productivity
- Proper Scottish writing fuel
- Middle East, immigration, Brexit
- The personal in journalism; adding yourself into the story
- Constant refining: 20% writing and 80% rewriting
- Reading other good writers: William Finnegan’s Cold New World
- More historical context; the world has always been complex
- History of British mosques and the Rotimatic
- WikiTribune model: news stories as living documents
- Madeleine’s tip – strange writing rituals
“20% writing and 80% rewriting.”
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