When Roy Peter Clark named Anne Hull one of the Wonders of the Journalism World, this, in a comment on the Poynter Web site, is how she responded:
NO!
Let me be the first to protest my inclusion in this list. One of my own personal journalism gods, David Von Drehle, just alerted me to it. Lists are dumb because they leave so many out. Katherine Boo, Von Drehle, David Finkel, Adrian LeBlanc, Hanna Rosin, David Barstow, Wil Haygood, David Remnick, Sally Jenkins, Steve Coll, David Maraniss, Dana Priest, there's not space big enough to include the masters of this age, who with each story teach us how to report and write, and uncover what is hidden, some risking their own lives. Please…
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