A former contributing editor at Narratively, Erika Hayasaki has written cover stories for The New York Times Magazine, WIRED, Newsweek and more, plus features for The Atlantic, The Guardian, National Geographic, Men’s Health, Elle, New York magazine, The Cut, and many other publications.
Erika joined our Open Book video series to talk about how she started her career—and how she forms relationships with editors, finds the best stories, and much more.
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