---
title: Emacs For Writers
teaser: From the New York Emacs Meetup, science writer Jay Dixit discusses how he
  uses Emacs as a non-programmer, and how Emacs has made him a more productive writer,
  editor, and researcher.
tags: emacs,new york city
author: Thom Obarski
published_on: 2017-01-27
---

From the [New York Emacs Meetup](https://www.meetup.com/New-York-Emacs-Meetup/):
[Jay Dixit](https://twitter.com/jaydixit), a science writer whose work has
appeared in The _New York Times_, _Rolling Stone_, and _Psychology Today_,
discusses how he uses Emacs as a non-programmer and how Emacs has made him a
more productive writer, editor, and researcher.

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