I feel like I have something that I need to tell people. And she said to me, I just feel like it’s in me. Of course, when she said, I want to write something about this, I said, are you sure? It just seems like a lot. One of the things that Jessica started to say to us after about a week of living with this experience was that she felt she needed to write about it. So around about the same time that we left the office and started working remotely, one of the two deputy editors of the magazine is Jessica Lustig, and Jessica’s husband began having flu-like symptoms around that time, and they quickly got worse to the point that he was tested for Covid-19 and tested positive. And we’re developing relationships with kids and spouses and stuff like that. Some people’s kids pop in for technical support on some of the video calls now and again. We’re starting to get used to certain people popping in. We sort of see them happening in the background of our video calls when we’re having meetings. We’re figuring out a way through it, and part of what I think we’re all learning is necessary as an office, as a group of colleagues, is that we’re just much more involved in the realities of each other’s domestic lives than we ever were before. I’m the editor in chief of The New York Times Magazine, and for a couple weeks now, we’ve been producing the magazine fully remotely. Editor in chief Jake Silverstein introduces her story, recorded by Audm. To participate, join us on our Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram pages and sign up for our email list.Transcript Listen to This Article Produced by Julia Longoria edited by Mike Benoist written by Jessica Lustig narrated by Julia Whelan On an episode of “The Daily,” Jessica Lustig, a deputy editor of The New York Times Magazine, shares an intimate essay about her family’s fight against Covid-19. After all, Netflix only goes so far.Īs we all work to get through this unprecedented situation, we encourage you to embrace this forced slowdown and reconnect with yourself and those closest to you. Ask each other the questions, or dig even deeper by watching, reading, or listening to the content related to each question. Designed to be explored in-person or online, these questions are rooted in critical thinking, philosophy, and other humanities disciplines. The questions will be released periodically through email and on social media.
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