The Matt Mabe story (IV): from the Army to the newsroom and back
Capt. Matt Mabe, a friend of the blog who is now on an involuntary tour of duty in Afghanistan (after two tours in Iraq) has a terrific piece in Columbia Journalism Review about going from the Army to Ivy League graduate school. It doesn’t make me think much of Columbia Journalism School — but to ...
Capt. Matt Mabe, a friend of the blog who is now on an involuntary tour of duty in Afghanistan (after two tours in Iraq) has a terrific piece in Columbia Journalism Review about going from the Army to Ivy League graduate school. It doesn’t make me think much of Columbia Journalism School — but to its credit, their magazine did print it.
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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