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By Bari Weiss
06.07.21
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When I left the New York Times in July, I didn’t have a plan. (Advice to readers: When you leave a job, it’s a good idea to know what you’re doing next.) 

But a few months ago, I started writing here. And I’ve never looked back. 

I’m proud of what we’ve been building. We’ve covered a range of subjects including big tech, the pandemic, cryptocurrency, and …

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Bari Weiss
Bari Weiss is the founder and editor of The Free Press, host of the podcast Honestly, and editor-in-chief of CBS News. From 2017 to 2020 Weiss was an opinion writer and editor at The New York Times. Before that, she was an op-ed and book review editor at The Wall Street Journal and a senior editor at Tablet magazine.
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