Work trips abroad can be very informative and fun. I recently spent a week in Seoul, South Korea, interviewing different government officials, academics, and journalists about inter-Korean relations. It was...
In the professional world, it’s about who you know. You have to have the right skills, but you also need to know the right person to open the door to...
When trying to pitch your work for publication, there are certain best practices that might seem obvious to some. However, as an editor myself, I’ve seen op-ed writers often make...
“Serious DC people only read nonfiction.” One of my friends and colleagues came to believe this during his first internship in Washington. He would eventually change his mind, but I...
So you’ve got writer’s block. It happens to all of us as we get busy and sidetracked or have too much to say and aren’t sure where to start. Speaking...
Don’t give up! It took me four years to really break into my preferred policy field, but that doesn’t have to be the case for everyone. It is possible to...
