My father had just celebrated his 14th birthday and was sitting in a movie house in White Plains, New York watching “The Swiss Family Robinson.” The film stopped, the lights came on and a man walked down the aisle. Turning to face the audience, he said in a loud voice, “The war is over!” It […]
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Can You Recommend Journalism as a Career?
Later this evening, I’m supposed to speak to a class of college students. My topic is “environmental journalism.” I suspect one reason I received this invitation is a similar talk I gave to journalism students last year, in which my topic was “how to make money selling out as a journalist.” What I said then […]