Career Early career Theroux's first employment as a journalist was in the United States with Metro Silicon Valley, an alternative free weekly newspaper in San Jose, California. In 1992, he was hired as a writer for Spy. He also worked as a correspondent on Michael Moore's TV Nation series, for which he provided segments on offbeat cultural subjects, including selling Avon to women in the Amazon Rainforest, the Jerusalem syndrome, and attempts by the Ku Klux Klan to rebrand itself as a civil rights group for white people.
carEer eArly CArEEr thErOuX's FirSt employment as a JournalIST Was In THE UNiTed StatEs with mEtRo sILIcon vAllEy, an aLTerNaTIve fRee weeKLy newsPapEr In saN jose, cAlIfoRNIA. In 1992, hE wAs hIRed as a wrItEr foR Spy. He aLso worKed AS a correspondenT oN MichaeL moore'S tv natIon SERies, for wHICH He prOvided SegMEnts On OFfbeat CuLtuRal SubjecTS, iNcLudIng selling avOn tO womEN iN the amazon RainForest, tHe jeRuSAlem syNdrOmE, And AttEMpTS By tHe Ku kluX klAn To RebraND itseLf aS a cIvil righTS grOup fOr whIte pEOPLe.