others' failures provide fodder for web magazine.(Daily Break)

The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA) | November 5, 2008 | Copyright

By Dan Zak

The Washington Post

Jason Zasky co-founded Failure Magazine 81/2 years ago, when the United States was riding high on tech-boom success.

The country's a bit different today, but the magazine is as focused as ever on failures and missteps in every avenue of life - from business to history to science to sports. (His latest article is on the "spectacular failure" of the Detroit Lions' ousted general manager.)

Zasky, 38, lives in New York, where he writes for and edits the online magazine at www.failuremag.com. Excerpts from an interview:

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