The Man Who Reads 1,000 Articles a Day
How Robert Cottrell finds the absolute best writing on the web
Robert Cottrell reads 1,000 articles a day.
But the verb ‘to read’ isn’t exactly right to describe what he does. Ingest is a little bit closer. But it doesn’t quite hit it on the nose, either. Ingestion implies that what he’s doing is a mechanical, rote activity.
No, Robert Cottrell eats articles. With gusto and verve.
He’s a former Moscow bureau chief…