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Bob Brody is an essayist, journalist and author. He contributes personal essays and op-eds with some regularity to The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and USA Today. His pieces have also appeared in The Atlantic, Smithsonian and, The Guardian, among many other publications, and he has written frequently for the New York Daily News and Newsday since the late 1970s. His writings focus largely on family, friends, fatherhood, marriage and domestic and community life.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Feature editor at a new weekly community newspaper in midtown Manhattan.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

Yes. A Smith-Corona Selectric my parents gave me as a high school graduation present.

What does it mean to be a journalist?

It's a high calling, but it's also too serious for me to take too seriously.