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John Maher

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Brooklyn, New York
Covers:  animation, arts, books, business, comics, culture, film, food and drink, legal, media, news, publishing, TV, travel
Doesn't Cover: lifestyle, sports, tech

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John Maher is the news editor at the New York Times Book Review. His work has been published by Vulture, Polgyon, and The Los Angeles Times, among others. He is the former news director at Publishers Weekly and a recipient of the New York Press Club Critical Arts Review Award for Internet Writing.

What was your first job as a journalist?

Reporter at the Long Island Herald.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

I love my Smith-Corona Classic 12.

How is social media changing news?

Bits and pieces now fill us up.