Michael: Magadan, Russia, that is. On my way back to Anchorage at the end of the summer, I met someone who was leaving a U.S.A.I.D. My Russian got really good. Basically journalism came out on top because I had this instinct to write home about everything that I was seeing. Every day might be your last, so let’s spend everything right now and have a really good time.

Source: International New York Times July 16, 2021 22:41 UTC