As we head into the weekend, I’ve got a double-dose of wisdom for you from Sara Kehaulani Goo, author of the recently released book, “Kuleana: A Story of Family, Land, and Legacy in Old Hawai'i,” and the newly named President of the Creator Network at The Washington Post.
Over at Nieman Storyboard, editor Mark Armstrong is on vacation this week and he invited me to guest-write its newsletter. The Storyboard post, “Revisiting the historical narrative in a reported memoir,” includes tips from Sara for journalists who want to write books.
In our Q&A here at The Reported Essay, Sara goes more in-depth into how she came to report her family’s story of their struggle to hold onto ancestral land on Maui, a window into a broader discussion about Hawai’i’s history.
We also talked a bit about journalists as creators and public-facing experts on the topics they cover. Sara’s new role at The Post involves leading a unit that will “focus on building personality-driven content.”
Journalists as influencers?
