How Do Influencers Get Jobs? It’s Changing

The business of influence is professionalizing. Content creators are signing to major talent agencies. In February, SAG-AFTRA, the largest union in the entertainment industry, expanded coverage to people who make sponsored content. And now, a new service wants to make it easier for creators to apply to work with brands, and for companies to hire…

Why I Overcame My Vaccine Hesitancy

At the mass vaccination site I went to in Brooklyn, everyone I encountered was cheerful, patient and reassuring, even the young woman checking me in who couldn’t find me on her list of 3 p.m. appointments. “Don’t worry,” she said reassuringly, “you’ll get the vaccine.” At the next window, a young man from Nigeria checked…

Surf’s Up. The Temperature Isn’t.

It’s a cold Friday morning in late January. The snow has been falling all night. With two friends, Curtis Eichenberger and Brian McElroy, I’m heading northwest from the town of Collingwood, Ontario, to the shores of Lake Huron in Bruce Country. It’s a two-hour drive, and we’re hoping the ice has taken hold of the…

Hello, Golden Globes Red Carpet — We Missed You

Forget the Zoom shirt; welcome to the Zoom evening gown. Also the Zoom tux. If the Golden Globes red carpet wasn’t exactly the red carpet we were used to, nor was it the dressed-down stars-in-their-jammies-pretending-to-be-just-like-us reveal that marked the celebrity-packed fund-raisers of the pandemic past. Instead, the first of the big award shows of 2021…

Stop and Make This Rice Pudding

Good morning. Priya Krishna recently came across a remarkable dessert, a rice pudding (above) that owes its flavor to the culinary traditions of Iran and Mexico. It’s the creation of Sara Mardanbigi and Edgar Rico, who own Nixta Taqueria in Austin, Texas, and draws both on sholeh zard, the loose, heavily spiced Persian rice pudding…

What Should You Do With Your Savings?

Tori Dunlap, founder of Her First $100K, a financial advice blog, agreed. “One of the most common questions I receive: ‘Should I save first, or pay off debt first?’ If this year has taught us anything, it’s the importance of saving an emergency fund. So even if you have a good chunk of debt, prioritize…