Harley Rustad explains how he chooses stories for The Walrus

Rustad explains how, as both an editor and a writer, he tries to predict which stories are worth the effort

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Harley Rustad has likely rejected more pitches from me than any other editor. Or, at least, The Walrus, where Harley has worked for a decade now, has rejected them, while I pined for a byline in one of my longest-standing targets. Harley is sometimes only guilty by association.

Mind you, they weren’t all great pitches. Some have be…