So I find it interesting that your forthcoming Facebook book project has already been optioned off as the next season of this Showtime run, even though the book's not completed or published.
Obviously books are different and your author work isn't bound by the Times or their ethical policy, but how do you feel about the practice of doing both in tangent? And more broadly, how do you think what seems to be a massive uptick in interest from Hollywood in longform stories by reporters is and will change our industry?
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So I find it interesting that your forthcoming Facebook book project has already been optioned off as the next season of this Showtime run, even though the book's not completed or published.
I remember a few years ago that Jeff Maysh, who wrote the McDonald's Monopoly scam story for the Daily Beast that was optioned by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, got a lot of shit for selling work during the reporting & editing process.
Obviously books are different and your author work isn't bound by the Times or their ethical policy, but how do you feel about the practice of doing both in tangent? And more broadly, how do you think what seems to be a massive uptick in interest from Hollywood in longform stories by reporters is and will change our industry?
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