“The Vienna Briefing”: An Interview with Liam Hoare

• DOI: 10.1353/oas.2022.0046
• Publication Date: 2022-07-24T13:01:05Z
• Authors: JAS Editors; Liam Hoare

“The Vienna Briefing”An Interview with Liam Hoare JAS Editors and Note from the Editors: As promised in our first issue of year, we hope to bring you additional short content various kinds under heading “JAS Extra.” Our such offering, 55.1, was a report Sławomir Piontek on 2021 Austrian Studies Association Conference. This time are pleased interview Hoare, editor Briefing.” In future would like collect pedagogical strategies recommendations gained experience coronavirus pandemic. What new things did try out that intend retain your teaching? Share ideas experiences colleagues. Please send comments no more than 300 words editors at journalofaustrianstudies @gmail .com. We also welcome suggestions for Introduction A little over year ago, I received notice about Substack newsletter entitled Briefing,” described as “weekly briefing current affairs Austria” (https://viennabriefing.substack.com/). On theory one can never have too much news Vienna, signed up it. Since then, every Wednesday, my inbox highlighting leading piece previous week. Sometimes focus is political, sometimes cultural, main story typically followed by few brief items linking other recent stories. faculty member small liberal arts college heavy diverse teaching load, don’t always keep Europe, so appreciated weekly update what occupying people’s minds Austria. [End Page 111] found it intriguing someone obviously thought there be an audience English-language this sort. Scholars readership interested topics study. And stake broader world news, commentary, analysis, journalism, work public intellectuals. These networks help sustain broad interest fields ensure not talking only ourselves. curious, therefore, success Briefing” into its existence. contacted editor, who very kindly agreed answer some questions his Journal Studies. Interested readers encouraged visit website, where they sign receive newsletter: https://viennabriefing.substack.com/about.[PCM] JAS: tell us something background interests how got started journalism. Hoare: knew wanted write began contributing columns European American politics London Student, which paper University London. (I studied Royal Holloway, London, then College London’s School Slavonic East Studies.) Like many young men writing late 2000s, taken Christopher Hitchens, those likely aped style, though think I’ve own voice way going since then. final college, while completing Master’s, sat Student’s editorial board comment editors, once graduated pitching all sundry attempt find journalism proper. To cut long short: My beat ended becoming Jewish life, terribly rewarding subject written now ten years. Do any particular personal connections Austria general or particular? LH: came 2017 because husband. He had lived here previously: part study abroad program; assistant 112] with...