A THREAD:
The rarest, most beautiful thing in journalism is finding an editor you love, and let me tell you, there was no one I loved working with more than @jerryadler. He was based in NYC when I was in DC, and though we talked every day, it was months before we first met IRL.
The rarest, most beautiful thing in journalism is finding an editor you love, and let me tell you, there was no one I loved working with more than @jerryadler. He was based in NYC when I was in DC, and though we talked every day, it was months before we first met IRL.
On the day we finally met, I remember walking into the @YahooNews news room and just yelling around, "Where's Jerry?!" (Because I am truly insane). As it was the #beforetimes, when I found him, I gave him the biggest hug. @jerryadler is smart, witty and a writer's editor.
Typical Brooklyn, @jerryadler uses his top-notch snark to mask his softness of heart. This dichotomy inspired me to start calling him "JerBear," at first as a kind of joke. But then it stuck because I meant it. Every time I gave Jerry a story, it came back better—and quickly!
Specifically, I remember being so paralyzed by the fear of failing to do justice to a John Lewis story that I couldn't write. @jerryadler encouraged me just to start, the words flowed out, and the resulting piece is among the things I'm proudest of in life yahoo.com/news/rep-john-…
Today is @jerryadler's last day at Yahoo. Yahoo undoubtably will be worse for his departure, but I feel extremely grateful that I am better for having been edited by him and also for forcing him to be my friend.
Cheers to JerBear!
Cheers to JerBear!
(Sorry not sorry for embarrassing you with this thread)
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