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Why We Need Negative Book Reviews
Why We Need Negative Book Reviews
My new Substack post answers a question critics hear a lot
Janice Harayda
Aug 30
I’m Not ‘Defective’ Because I Don’t Use Botox
I’m Not ‘Defective’ Because I Don’t Use Botox
Sometimes I have good reason to frown, and I’m not going to hide the lines
Janice Harayda
Aug 28
How Beauty Pros Gaslight You
How Beauty Pros Gaslight You
An editor tells trade secrets about practices that hurt, don’t work, or worse (and I saw them at Glamour, too)
Janice Harayda
Aug 26
A Headline-Worthy Book Of Poetry About Journalism
A Headline-Worthy Book Of Poetry About Journalism
David Tucker’s ‘Late for Work’ beats any collection I’ve read about newspapers in my years of writing for them
Janice Harayda
Aug 22
What Nobody Tells You About Media Ethics
What Nobody Tells You About Media Ethics
Other journalists and I rarely talk about our ‘best practices,’ but you’ll read smarter if you know them
Janice Harayda
Aug 19
How Norah O’Donnell Went Wrong
How Norah O’Donnell Went Wrong
Why I should be outraged that a network is replacing its female anchor with two men, but I’m not
Janice Harayda
Aug 14
Why Baby Talk Turns Off Editors
Why Baby Talk Turns Off Editors
How words like ‘yucky’ and ‘no-no’ can hurt you when you want to sell your writing
Janice Harayda
Aug 10
My New Substack, Jansplaining
My New Substack, Jansplaining
Yes, I have even more to say about books, the media, and life
Janice Harayda
Aug 8
The Cult of Elena Ferrante
The Cult of Elena Ferrante
A lesson of the blockbuster ‘My Brilliant Friend’ is that an air of mystery can be great publicity for writers
Janice Harayda
Aug 4
We’ll Always Have Books About Paris
We’ll Always Have Books About Paris
Olympic records come and go, but a good book about France — whether for adults or children — is a joy forever
Janice Harayda
Jul 30
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