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The New York Times / Liriel Higa / Mar 25

Here’s how Nicholas Kristof’s outgoing assistant Liriel Higa describes it: “I fact-check and give feedback on his columns, run his blog, produce his newsletter, answer his phone, enter expenses, cajole embassies into giving him visas, investigate new social media platforms, provide mediocre tech support and rib him about his abysmal pop culture knowledge. I’ve never ghostwritten for him or fetched him coffee.” —

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