Award-winning coverage? (1979)
Reading Time: 3 minutes Newspapers have associations, which sponsor competitions. But it’s a long trip from “thinking of sending it” to actually receiving an award. Continue reading Award-winning coverage? (1979)
Tag: JOURNAL OPINION
We may scoop the Valley News, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Every new reporter dreams of that “first scoop.” In my first weeks with a small Vermont weekly, mine came from an unlikely source. Continue reading We may scoop the Valley News, 1979
Not all was rosy, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes I was learning how to work with my first manager, and the lesson wasn’t sinking in. Continue reading Not all was rosy, 1979
“King Uber?” (1979)
Reading Time: 2 minutes A writer — and a reader, for that matter — must take prose in the context of the time when it was written, not the time in which it is being read. Continue reading “King Uber?” (1979)
Sittin’ on the dock, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes The law of inertia: A body that is at rest stays at rest, or a body that is in motion stays in motion, unless it is acted on by an outside force. Continue reading Sittin’ on the dock, 1979
A decent photographer, 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes Today a budding young reporter can carry around the camera, darkroom, and video studio in a pocket and use the same device to file stories instantaneously. Continue reading A decent photographer, 1979
Fantasies of my youth, 1979
Reading Time: 3 minutes My chances of ever contacting any of these producers would have been slim to none. My best chance would have been Buck Henry, a fellow Dartmouth alum. Continue reading Fantasies of my youth, 1979
Surprise! (1979)
Reading Time: 2 minutes I’ll advise beginning journalists not to knock their assignments, however insignificant they may seem. Continue reading Surprise! (1979)