To: miss marmelstein
The news boss expected one or two stories every day from beat reporters. No time for investigative journalism or literature of any kind.
60 hours a week was not uncommon. Pay was meager...
38 posted on
04/26/2015 4:48:44 PM PDT by
Eric in the Ozarks
("If he were working for the other side, what would he be doing differently ?")
To: Eric in the Ozarks
Yeah, journalism can be a tough business. A romantic one, to me, who grew up on the stories of Damon Runyon, Charlie MacArthur and Ben Hecht. None of these guys would have put up with the shenanigans in Washington.
40 posted on
04/27/2015 3:25:36 AM PDT by
miss marmelstein
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