Hi Michael,
I could make this email quite long and explain how I've thought to contact you for several weeks now, after viewing 'Food Inc.' and then voraciously devouring your 'The Omnivore's Dilemma' and 'A Place of My Own.' I could yammer about how both your writing style and belief system have captivated me with a renewed inspiration as a writer, as well as hope that I might yet be able to find a journalistic niche as well.
But now I'm making the email long, so forgive me. I write because I'm attempting to puncture the world of freelance journalism. To do so, I am working on an essay about how the issues you raised in 'The Omnivore's Dilemma' have drastically altered my perspective, allowing me to "wake up," so to speak, to many of the world's issues. To carve my own path as a steward for these issues, as you have done.
But I can't yet get to the bottom of why this information is so fascinating for me. So I thought I'd ask you:
What was the defining moment (or set of events) which led to your unrelenting pursuit to dissect and reveal the Food Industry the way you so deftly do? In short, why food for you? Is it a pursuit that grew unforeseen? Or did you wake up one day and say, Ah ha! Now I know what I must do?
If by some silly chance you respond to this email, might I use your answer in my essay for publication? Either way, I'm ever so obliged, simply for you and for the work that you do.
Kindest regards,
Jinnene Foster
freelance writer/college writing instructor, Chicago
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