Editor Interviews

Interview with Lindsey McGinnis, Editor at The Christian Science Monitor

July 17, 2023

Lindsey McGinnis is the Asia Editor at The Christian Science Monitor. She previously served as the Junior Editor/Writer for the Monitor’s weekly news magazine, as well as the lead writer on the Points of Progress franchise. Read her interview here with Viney Kirpal, a trained personal essay and health writer. Viney: Hi Lindsey. Let’s begin…

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An Interview with Rudri Bhatt Patel, Senior Editor at Literary Mama

May 31, 2023

Rudri Bhatt Patel is an editor, essayist, educator, and an attorney. She is the co-founder of the literary journal, The Sunlight Press. She also is a senior editor at Literary Mama. Her work appears in numerous local and national outlets. Rudri Bhatt Patel shares nuggets of advice from her rich experience in writing in this…

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Interview with Kendall Powell, Editor at Nature Careers

April 18, 2023

Kendall Powell is a senior editor at the Nature Careers section of Nature. Prior to that she was a freelance science journalist for 20 years writing about biomedical science and scientists’ lives for places such as the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, Nature, Science, and Knowable. Listen to editor Kendall Powell in an interview with Viney Kirpal, a health and personal essay writer. Viney: Hi. How wouldyou describe Nature…

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Interview with Sari Botton, Memoirist & Editor

March 31, 2023

Sari Botton is the author of the memoir in essays, And You May Find Yourself…Confessions of a Late-Blooming Gen-X Weirdo. She is a contributing editor and columnist at Catapult, and the former Essays Editor for Longreads. She is the Writer in Residence in the creative writing department of SUNY New Paltz for Spring, 2023. The well-known memoirist shares…

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An Interview with Amy Paturel, Freelance Writer

March 3, 2023

Amy Paturel has covered everything from food to sex in essay form. You’ll find her byline in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, Parents and more. She has won “honorable mention” awards in the American Society of Journalists and Authors personal essay category. Here’s Amy Paturel in conversation with Viney Kirpal, a health and…

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Interview with Kamala Thiagarajan (Published in The New York Times, NPR, BBC, Al Jazeera, SCMP, and Others.)

January 12, 2023

Kamala Thiagarajan is a freelance journalist based in Madurai, South India, where she reports on environmental issues, global health, and science. Her work has been published in The New York Times, NPR, BBC, The Guardian, Hakai Magazine, Ensia, Al Jazeera, South China Morning Post, and many others. She converses here with Viney Kirpal, a personal and health writer. VK: As an especially successful freelancer,…

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An Interview with Mun-Keat Looi: International Features Editor for The BMJ

December 2, 2022

 Mun-Keat Looi is International Features Editor at The BMJ. He lectures on journalism at Imperial College London and is an author on two books, ‘Big Questions in Science: The quest to solve the great unknowns‘ (2013) and the Geek Guide to Life (2016). He has written and produced news, features, podcasts, and videos. Here he’s…

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