“Journalism Kind of Runs in My Blood”: Nicholas Kristof Is Done With Politics

It was nearly a year ago that I was trying to get Nicholas Kristof to talk to me about pivoting to politics, and the veteran journalist declined my request, saying he was “trying to do more listening than talking.” Now, one failed bid for Oregon governor later, he’s ready to talk. I caught up with Kristof on Wednesday afternoon, a few days after The New York Times announced he’d be returning as a columnist, a role the 63-year-old journalist had held at the Gray Lady for the past two decades. Before that, he was a foreign correspondent. (He earned Pulitzers… Read Full Article