Must-read if you love newspapers...Roger Ebert
In the way some kids might be awed by a youth gang, I was awed by admission to the fraternity of newspapers. I adopted the idealism and cynicism of the reporters I met there, spoke like they did, laughed at the same things, felt that I belonged. On Saturday nights about midnight at The News-Gazette, when we put the Sunday paper to bed, we gathered around the city desk, tired, released, and waited for the first papers to be brought upstairs. Ed Borman, the news editor was in the slot; Bill Schmelzle, the city editor, had Saturday nights off. Borman would crack open a six-pack. I tasted beer for the first time. I was a man. My parents, my family, my friends at school, nobody, would ever really understand the fellowship into which I entered. Borman didn't care that I was drinking at 16. We had all put out the paper together. Now we would have a beer.
almost 3 years ago
Chiburb
9 comments
0 recs |
Email
PrintComments
good read, thanks for that Chi
I have learned to live without newspapers (at least the product itself). Even though the newspaper industry put food on our table when I was kid. Both my folks were lifelong reporters for a paper with a circulation about 40k or so. They retired about 10 years ago. I’m glad I didnt follow them into the business.
I used to love to visit my dad, and walk through the newsroom. An unbelievable maze of paper stacked foot-high on desks, loud with voices, and smelling like smoke, newsprint, and ink. His beat was the courts, and sometimes he would take me with him to watch a murder trial (99.9% completely boring for a kid, but there was always a chance to see/hear something salacious).
Printing words on paper to be delivered to your house all seems so ancient and quaint. It will continue to exist in some small form for all time, but never like it was.
I'm like a laser, six-string razor. I've got a mouth like an alligator
I know we'll adapt, but as an old guy I'll miss the medium I grew up with.
I used to tend bar in my youth, and got to know many of Ebert’s colleagues: Fitz, Granger, Simon, and others. These were guys I’d read for years before meeting and (over) serving them.
Of course, in our “union” household the Tribune was a non-no!
And I cried when the Daily News died…
"I never had sex with that Governor" -
Roland Burris
HE LIVES!
You SSS West Coaster, you.
I WOULD KILL MYSELF BUT I CAN TAKE OUT SO MANY MORE PEOPLE IN A EXPLOSION
by Robert on Jun 23, 2008 5:22 PM PDT
No, but I had a 2 hour lunch with Veeck at Miller's Pub
And we probably spent 20 minutes of it talking about Studs and his life, books, etc.
As you know, Veeck was a voracious reader and one of Stud’s books had just come out.
It’s kind of funny; I’ve met most of the people that ever meant anything to me, but never crossed his path.
"I never had sex with that Governor" -
Roland Burris
Safe to say it's just a little bit different now
But the people are still top-notch.
EVERYBODY PICK US FOR 3RD OR 4TH SO I DINK WE DOIN POOTY GOO
Sox Machine
That was an excellent read
I found the story with the Rockefeller lady, “Blow jobs for everyone!”, especially entertaining.
You are right. But larry is actually a prick too.
- HSA 01/07/09
He sure struck a chord in some folks.
Lots of lengthy comments.
Ninety percent I’ll spend on good times, women and Irish whiskey. The other 10 percent I’ll probably waste. Wait, I'm married to a Jewish woman. Strike that.
Comments For This Post Are Closed
Secondary Sidebar
User Tools
FanPosts
Community blog posts and discussion.
Certain photos copyright © 2012 by Associated Press or Getty Images. Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of Associated Press and Getty Images is strictly prohibited.
