The World According to Russ Baker
The Columbia Journalism Review has published a lengthy interview with Russ, written by Neal Gabler:
You meet Russ Baker at The Smith, a busy watering hole in the East Village with bustling waitresses and rattling dishes. It looks nothing like a newsroom, though news is Baker’s business. Baker doesn’t do his work at this particular restaurant, but he does write stories and edit pieces for his aggressively anti-establishment website, WhoWhatWhy, at other Village hangouts, which is just one indication of hos his career has changed since her first became a journalist…

Illustration by Roan Smith