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  • Briton Hadden Spins in his Grave

    01/06/2007 5:33:42 PM PST · by Congressman Billybob · 15 replies · 972+ views
    Special to FreeRepublic ^ | 6 January 2007 | John Armor (Congressman Billybob)
    I first learned journalism in the Briton Hadden Memorial Building. Hadden died at age 31, so few people know that Time magazine and its whole empire were his idea. He and Henry Luce worked together on the Yale Daily News. Shortly after graduation, they created the magazine. Later, having taken the credit for that creation, Henry Luce donated the Hadden Building to the News. It was in that building I learned the rules of journalism: gather the information – who, what, when, where, why and who. Then write in pyramid style so when the editor chops your work, the least...