to some, but not to wil hylton.hat is that about? wil: i got into this business 26 years ago. it was a quite young introduction to the field. my interest began young. i knew that i wanted it to do this for a living by the age of 12. by the time i was 16 and in the public high school system in baltimore, there was an internship program, a work-study program. i do not know who submitted my name for it, i did not apply. i was the editor of the high school newspaper, and i did not think you could do both. but someone applied for me. someone signed me up to go to the baltimore sun and and do this work-study program. within three months of getting there, the job is really to up oncopy and pick things the side. there was a bi-out. half of the stuff left. suddenly, there was a situation -- where is the intern? can he write? so i was publishing stories as a 16-year-old. by 1992, i had a thick portfolio of feature articles. that had appeared, some of that on the front page of the features section and even with call-out boxes

il hylton lives in baltimore and has two kids.does not have a college degree, as we talked about, but writes four cover stories for the new york times magazine each year. is there a place they can find you? wil: if you search my name, you will find my website. brian: thanks for being here. wil: thank you for having me. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this program, visit us at q&a.org. q&a programs are also available as c-span podcasts. announcer: you if you enjoyed this week's interview with wil hylton, here are some other programs you might like. roger ailes, brooke gladstone, nd university professor mark cheatham talking about his book on andrew jackson. you can find these programs by visiting our website at c-span.org. next, live, your calls and comments on "washington journal." and live at 4:30 p.m., a discussi

wil hylton lives in baltimore and has two kids.e does not have a college degree, as we talked about, but rights for cover torn -- four cover stories for the new york times magazine each year. is there a place they can find you? wil: if you search my name, you will find my website. brian: fix for being here. wil: thank you for having me. ♪ >> for free transcripts or to give us your comments about this at q&a.org.it us q&a programs are also available as c-span podcasts. ♪ >> if you enjoyed this week's q&a interview with wil hylton, here are some other programs you might like. roger ailes of fox news talking about the state of journalism. brooke gladstone, managing media of wnyc's on the discussing her book, the trouble with reality. and, lynn university professor mark cheetham talking about his book, andrew jackson, southerner. you can watch these anytime or search our entire video library at c-span.org. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2017] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is respo

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but, you know, i haven't read the wil hylton piece, and i don't think either the republican or democrat callers have read the piece. i'm excited to check that out after speaking to you. it's called down the breitbart bowl. but besides looking like james carville, the guy was really nice and, you know, talked about diversity at breitbart and said, you know, i love their hollywood section. it's not very political. but i don't know. i don't know why you got to call someone names back and why you would call in to television to do that. it's just sad our country is at this point, and i guess that's it. thanks for letting me call in. host: we appreciate it. we'll go to potomac, maryland. independent line. caller: good morning. i wanted to make a comment. save this beautiful country. america is the greatest ever, and it should remain like that. senator corker's remarks are to be taken very seriously. the president can start a third world war. he's a very respected senator. and he's the chairman of the foreign relations, america should take a warning from there and the congress, should ct on th

. ♪ ,"nouncer: this week, on "q&a wil hylton.e talks about his featured story about breitbart news and the journalists who worked there. brian: wil hylto i