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Article: Changing of the guard: AJR welcomes a new managing editor and bids a fond hasta luego to an all-time favorite.(Rachel Smolkin joined American Journalism Review)
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- American Journalism Review
- Article date:
- December 1, 2005
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It started with a call from Kathy Kiely.
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Kiely, a USA Today congressional reporter, Pittsburgh Steelers fan extraordinaire and all-around Great American, told me about a reporter she knew who was launching a freelance career. Would I be willing to talk to her?
That's how Rachel Smolkin entered the world of AJR.
We had lunch, and it was clear from the get-go that she was very smart. It soon became obvious that she was very talented as well. Rachel started writing for AJR and hasn't stopped. She's had a major piece in virtually every issue since September 2002.
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