Joyce Wadler
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I used to do it at The New York Times, now I do it on Substack.
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Joyce Wadler’s Biography
Read Full Bio →I'm a New York City humorist, who created and wrote the "I Was Misinformed" column for The New York Times for several years.
I was a staff reporter for The New York Times; the New York Correspondent for The Washington Post; a contributing editor at New York Magazine and Rolling Stone; a staffer at People Magazine, The New York Daily News Magazine and The New York Post, under publisher Dolly Schiff.
My books include, "My Breast, One Woman's Cancer Story", wh…Joyce Wadler’s Journalist Portfolio
Interview
See all 4 answers →What was your first job as a journalist?
The New York Post, pre-Rupert Murdoch, when it was a terrific writer's paper and the alumns included Nora Ephron and Pete Hamill.
How do you prefer to be pitched on stories?
"I love your work....."
Who do you wish followed you?
God. Or, better yet, David Remnick.