Spencer Bailey

And to a certain extent, Claire Howarth, who's now back at Vanity Fair.

And both of them gave me a lot of different assignments to get my hands dirty and just do deep research.

And I did get one thing in the print magazine as an intern, which was huge.

They didn't give me a byline in the end because I guess, you know, you're the intern.

But yeah.

I did a sidebar for a big piece about Rupert Murdoch and his takeovers and across, you know, his career in the media industry.

And they asked me to do a sidebar about all the editors in chief that he has fired or let go over the years.

So I did some deep research and I came back with a list of 20 plus editors.

Juicy.

And they were like, wow, this is good.

And, um,

And then he's like, yeah, just kind of shape it up and put a headline on it.

And I came back to him and my headline was editors in brief.

And it made it in the print.

So did the like all my copy.

But alas, no byline.

I think you can still claim it.

You joined Tina Brown's Daily Beast just as it launched.

But within months, you were burnt out by the pace and the intensity of New York media.

What specifically exhausted you?