Grant Barrett
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(He/Him)
As seen in:
A Way with Words - language, linguistics, and callers from all over,
The New York Times,
The New York Times Magazine,
The Dallas Morning News,
Bookshop Org,
NewsBreak,
Voice of San Diego,
A Way with Words
Covers:
Language, linguistics, slang, new words, dictionaries, lexicography, dialects, and related topics, fields, and domains.
Doesn't Cover:
I do not respond to pitches for anything not related to language and the topics above.
Linguist. Lexicographer. Co-host of radio show/podcast @wayword. +1 646 286 2260 grant@grantbarrett.com
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Grant Barrett’s Biography
Read Full Bio →My current bio is always on this page: https://grantbarrett.com/bio.
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My main work is as co-host of the extraordinarily fun-to-make language-related public radio show A Way with Words.
The radio show is independently produced and broadcast over the air each week to listeners coast-to-coast in the United States and heard by podcast around the world. I love that we are able to share the stories and voices of people of many ethnicities, races, education levels, accents, di…
Grant Barrett’s Journalist Portfolio
Interview
See all 12 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
Reporter at The Maneater, the student newspaper of the University of Missouri in Columbia.
Have you ever used a typewriter?
I learned to type on an IBM Selectric typewriter and can still do 120 WPM.
How is social media changing news?
Instead of private Rolodexes, we now have public ones. It's easier to find people.