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Karen Attiah Is Ready to Go Back to the Washington Post

Columbia Journalism Review · Riddhi Setty · last updated
“If there’s anybody that should feel awkward, it’s going to be the people involved in making this decision,” she says. If the situation doesn’t work out, she may become a martial-arts influencer or a “warrior priestess of some kind for the digital age.” 

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