As long as you’re writing, you’re getting better. It doesn’t matter whether it’s poetry, fiction, non-fiction, blogs, whatever. Just sitting in front of the computer writing something. Anything that makes you write makes you better. That’s the reason I don’t mind taking on all of these fiction projects as well as the non-fiction projects. For the day- to-day writer, anything that makes you write is good for you. in journalism is useful only to those who plan to teach journalism. JH: I will never tell anyone that you cannot improve your craft by learning more about it.
I don’t know if you’ve encountered that as well. GM: In my experience, there’s an attitude among journalist and reporters that you don’t need to go to school-you just learn this stuff on the job. I had worked several different jobs for AP at that point, including covering the White House and covering Congress. I was at the Supreme Court for just about six years, I believe, during my entire time at Goucher. Jesse Holland: I came to Goucher, I believe, in 2010 and I had been in Washington about a decade. Goucher Magazine: What stage in your career were you at when you came to Goucher? And at Goucher’s annual Jewel Robinson Dinner on February 24, he will receive the Marguerite Barland ’60 Merit Award, named for the college’s first African American graduate and given every year to a Goucher alumnus or alumna who has significantly contributed to the diversity of the college. Recently, Holland has been charting new territory, delving into fiction with forays into a couple of established franchises- Finn’s Story is a young adult book version of events in Star Wars: A Force Awakens, and when he spoke to Goucher Magazine in December, he was working on an adult novel for Marvel Comics about the iconic Black Panther character.
Author of two recent histories- Black Men Built the Capitol and The Invisibles: The Untold Story of African American Slaves in the White House-and race and ethnicity correspondent for the Associated Press, Holland is a tireless researcher and reporter who takes a palpable joy in putting words on paper.
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