The life and death of the chain-smoking editor
How could I have written a newspaper novel like The Solomon Scandals without a chain-smoking editor? Kamikaze levels of tobacco
Tag: newspapers
Traffic booster for big news sites? Reader-Writer Dialogue Boxes?
What counts more for Web-era writers of news or opinion? Coming up with snappy, credible, well-researched articles? Or improving dialogues
Newspapers as factories: Video of 1970 film
The presses still roll at thousands of newspapers throughout the world, but for how long? And meanwhile this video from
Truman and the ‘Get a dog’ quote—or nonquote
Did Harry Truman really say, “If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog”? Or maybe “buy a dog”?
‘Tabloid City’ vs. ‘The Solomon Scandals’: A quick, friendly comparison between Pete Hamill’s newspaper novel and mine
Pete Hamill is out with Tabloid City, a New York newspaper novel commanding its share of pixels, column inches and
I hate video games: Why do newspapers and magazines FORCE me to play them?
If you love video games—fine. But will the Washington Post, New York Times and a good part of the rest
Link between keyboard noise and good prose? How to find the clicky keyboard of your dreams—if that’s your thing
Might American newspapers and journalistic Web sites be too quiet these days? Here I’m not talking about silence on Afghanistan
Washington Post columnist: ‘Fair number of readers’ wanted LESS on Quinn Bradlee’s wedding
How much coverage of Quinn Bradlee’s wedding is enough in the Washington Post, where his father was the Watergate-era editor
Quinn Bradlee’s wedding reception draws noise complaint—and three more sentences in WaPo
Well, the Washington Post has now published more than three sentences about the Quinn Bradlee-Pary Anbaz Williamson wedding festivities this
David Rothman at Large 