American Pastimes: The Very Best of Red Smith Authors: Terence Smith, Walkter Wellesley “Red” Smith and Daniel Okrent Publisher: The Library of America, New York iBook: $14.99, 576 pages Collections of old newspaper columns often are painful to read. With time, context and currency have faded, and observations that once seemed fresh or witty now seem trite and … [Read more...] about GJR book review: Red Smith: ‘Tomorrow will be better’
A Former Student’s Perspective: J-Schools Can’t Replicate Covering a Beat
Almost 25 years ago, when I emerged from the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication at Syracuse University with a shiny new journalism degree, there was a debate in the business about whether a reporter needed such an education to succeed. Some things never change. My first job was at the Times-Picayune in New Orleans. After a couple of stops in California and Syracuse … [Read more...] about A Former Student’s Perspective: J-Schools Can’t Replicate Covering a Beat