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In Chapter 7 of 11, New York Magazine founder and new journalism pioneer Clay Felker mentors author and writer Rachel Lehmann-Haupt during her time at the Felker School of Journalism at UC-Berkeley. Haupt reflects on new journalism's influence on her career, starting with Tom Wolfe's famous essay and continuing with Gail Sheehy and Gay Talese. She continues by sharing story from Clay Felker's July 2008 funeral and memorial service, where Gloria Steinem shared how "[Clay] gave me the confidence that it was okay to get angry."