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Beth Macy

Journalist

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Beth Macy is a journalist.

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Profession: Journalist

About Beth Macy

[Wikidata] American journalist, author... | [Wikipedia] Beth Macy is an American journalist and non-fiction writer. She is the author of five books including the four national bestsellers Factory Man (2014), Truevine (2016), Dopesick (2018) and Paper Girl (2025). Macy is a Democratic candidate for Virginia's 6th congressional district in 2026.

Quotes by Beth Macy

My favorite novel ever is Abraham Verghese's 'Cutting for Stone.' It takes you so many places. I stayed up to 4 in…

Books

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You just keep shining a light and hoping people will start to pay attention.

Attention

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So many white people don't want to talk about race; it's uncomfortable. Many reason that slavery happened more than a century ago,…

Alive

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My dad was a house painter. He was often unemployed by the time I came along.

Dad

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Photographers do more assignments than reporters do, so they know their communities better.

Better

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I'm a unicorn in the world of journalism; I've stayed in the same mid-sized city, and that staying has allowed me to…

Allowed

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We need more leadership at every level: federal, state, and local.

Leadership

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If you have a choice between buying something in Vietnam or China or buying something made in Virginia, why not buy it…

Choice

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“Words linger and words matter, I learned, and it’s not possible to predict the fallout they can have on a subject’s life.”

Language

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My parents were really poor. We never bought books because you could go to the library. It would be stupid to buy…

Book

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What I always do is go with the stories that put up the hair on the back of my neck or make…

Always

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You need time to build relationships with subjects to win their trust.

Need

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It's amazing what you can find out if you just call an expert, you know?

Amazing

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The heart of 'Truevine' is about the travails of two strong black women who agitate to get justice for their family.

Black women

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From 1840 to 1940, the circus was the biggest form of entertainment in the country. People were starting to have money, starting…

Big deal

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I think of Harriet Muse as one fierce lady. She couldn't read. She had no education. She did labor her whole life.…

Attention

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My husband and I like to listen to books on road trips.

Book

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I grew up in a factory town - Urbana, Ohio.

Factory

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My dad dropped out of school in middle school, but he reads five or six books a week, and my mom reads…

Books

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