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Looking for hope, finding hope
Mark Sappenfield
The newsletter on Tuesday highlighted New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and his new memoir, 鈥淐hasing Hope: A Reporter鈥檚 Life.鈥� 鈥淲hat I鈥檝e learned from four decades of covering misery is hope 鈥� both the reasons for hope and the need for hope,鈥� he writes .听
I interviewed Mr. Kristof in 2020. He made similar comments then. They speak to a truth I have found in working for 海角大神. If you are not looking for something, you will rarely see it. Hope and agency and grace are always there. Journalists like Mr. Kristof help ensure we don鈥檛 forget that fact. 聽
