Going deep with the godmother of doomscrolling (Part II) | Karen K. Ho, Journalist

This is part two of my conversation with journalist Karen K. Ho. We talk about all things Twitter and Elon Musk, burnout, layoffs, and get into the time she stood up to Bob Woodward. Plus, Karen shares the story of why she started @doomscroll_bot and how it came to attract 128,000 followers, including the likes of Ed Yong, Monica Lewinsky, Patton Oswalt and Maggie Haberman. 

Read some of Karen’s pieces we discussed

• How Crazy Rich Asians is going to change Hollywood. It’s about time (Time)
• BD Wong doesn’t want fame — he wants success (GQ)
• The best $6,160 I ever spent: A US work visa (Vox)
• Alex Wagner is ready for anything (The Cut)

Connect with Karen

• Twitter: https://twitter.com/karenkho
• Doomscrolling Twitter: https://twitter.com/doomscroll_bot
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heykarenho/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heykarenho/
• Substack: https://karenkho.substack.com/
• ARTnews: https://www.artnews.com/author/karen-k-ho/

About Connection Request

Connection Request is a podcast about career journeys. Hosted by Joel Leeman, a producer and strategist who has spent the past 10 years making media for the Internet, the show profiles a variety of fascinating people, digging into how they spend their waking hours, what they’ve learned along the way, how they make decisions, and why they do what they do. In Season 1 we hear from a drummer turned coffee entrepreneur, a journalist who popularized the term “doomscrolling,” an executive who’s plotting her next chapter, and much more. Listen wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/connection

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