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Thursday, December 7, 2006 12:00 AM

I love journalism but I hate asking uncomfortable questions

Have I chosen the right field? Or am I too shy?
By Cary Tennis

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  • Wednesday, December 6, 2006 09:05 PM

    you may just be a writer...

    ...and not a journalist. I had the exact same problem as you. I hated making people uncomfortable. Now that I'm "just a writer," I'm much happier. I love writing. Cary is spot on: Make yourself useful some other way than being an in-the-field journalist.

    —Lynn Siprelle Read Lynn Siprelle's other letters

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