I left California for my dream career in New York. I felt burned out and dissatisfied — so I took success into my own hands.

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The author posing in New York City.
I moved to New York City for my dream job, but after dealing with burn out, I had to redefine success.

Ruby Ford-Dunker

Read the memos sent to staff announcing Washington Post publisher Will Lewis' resignation

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Rally to support The Washington Post
Employees and supporters rally in front of The Washington Post's office in Washington, DC on Saturday, days after hundreds of journalists were laid off.

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Jeff Bezos-owned WaPo launches 'substantial' layoffs and shuts down its sports department

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Jeff Bezos is the owner of The Washington Post.

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How Semafor turned Washington into a profit center

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Seamfor CEO Justin Smith speaks onstage at one of the news publisher's conference in Washington, DC, October 2025 in Washington, DC.
Semafor CEO Justin Smith says his company hosted close to 100 events in 2025. His ambition is to build a Washington, DC-based event that's supposed to rivals the annual Davos gathering in Switzerland.

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I landed a top job at Netflix while 7 months pregnant — then motherhood made me question everything

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Cadet strived for success from an early age.

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‘Star Trek’ Journalists, Ranked

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Star Trek Journalists Ranked Beto Ortegas Richter Gannet

How I survived 14 days in the grueling Army Mountain School

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Business Insider's chief video correspondent Graham Flanagan and senior producer Jake Gabbard take you behind the scenes of the latest "Boot Camp" story: covering the US Army Mountain Warfare School in the rugged mountains of Vermont.

Trump kicked off his NABJ appearance in a combative mood. It only got worse from there.

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Former President Donald Trump at the 2024 National Association of Black Journalists convention in Chicago.

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A millennial who's been looking for a job for over 4 years says his degrees have offered little value: 'I can't get anything even at minimum wage'

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Roland Hesmondhalgh
Roland Hesmondhalgh has been struggling to find a job since 2020.

Roland Hesmondhalgh

Friends of US journalist Evan Gershkovich describe his life before he was sentenced to 16 years in a Russian prison

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A detained journalist looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage
Evan Gershkovich, a US journalist accused of espionage, looks out from inside a glass defendants' cage prior to a hearing in Yekaterinburg's Sverdlovsk Regional Court.

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