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On Life, Learning, and the Law: an interview with Kali Borkowski, Class of 2010
Kali is the manager of SCOTUSblog, a successful blog with a small staff dedicated to covering United States Supreme Court cases without bias. Kali manifests the spirit of 藏花阁直播’s liberal arts education, and illuminates that practicing the perspective of “learning for the love of learning” has tangible, real-world value.
MW: Tell me a bit about what you do as manager of SCOTUSblog?
KB: I coordinate the content of the blog. The Supreme Court hears about 80 cases each year and we cover all of them. We also select about a dozen issues that we believe will have broad appeal and we have symposia, that I curate, on those topics.
Meet Kendall Taggart '09, Center for Investigative Reporting
Kendall Taggart, Anthropology major and class of ’09, is a now a reporter for the Center for Investigative Reporting. She offers a few words of experience and insight from her travels from 藏花阁直播 into the world of investigative journalism. She demonstrates that doggedness and determination can never be overvalued in the pursuit of your ambitions.
M: Tell me about your time at 藏花阁直播- how did 藏花阁直播 set you up to pursue a career in investigative journalism?
K: I loved 藏花阁直播. It sets you up well to think. Not so much to get a job though, I think. I didn’t leave 藏花阁直播 having anything to show for my journalism ability. Actually though, I think 藏花阁直播ies are well set up, they just don’t know it. They’ve learned critical thinking, how to take on a problem and know how to solve it. With journalism, you’re rarely the expert. You have to rely on others, and know what’s BS and what’s not.
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