Justin Maiman has been a journalist for 20 years. He writes the weekly Ginger newsletter and is the president and managing director of Cochrane Media. In this opinion piece, he writes that his father, retired political science professor Richard Maiman, has been a major influence on his career in journalism and media — but he never realized it until recently. Books were everywhere at their home, an environment perfectly constructed for the absorption of news and information.
Justin Maiman has been a journalist for 20 years. He writes the weekly Ginger newsletter and is the president and managing director of Cochrane Media. In this opinion piece, he writes that his father, retired political science professor Richard Maiman, has been a major influence on his career in journalism and media — but he never realized it until recently. Books were everywhere at their home, an environment perfectly constructed for the absorption of news and information.