I am a person who feels compelled and then gets immersed.

I believe that the demand for long-form quality journalism is strong and I think that despite all of the changes in technology over the past few years, people still want in-depth, rigorous reporting.

Five to 10 years from now, if not sooner, the vast majority of 'The New Republic' readers are likely to be reading it on a tablet.

Use your own experiences and pain points to identify an opportunity. Be arrogant thinking you can do it better than others.

As a child I wanted to become an architect.

I think there's an important difference between the newspaper and a magazine. I view the role of the magazine as providing the deeper reporting and the thoughtful analysis to help you make sense of why that news is important.

The audience might not be the size of Facebook, but how much time can you spend online and think, 'What did I just learn?