Posts Tagged: journalism

If Marriages Were Like TV, We’d Say Everything

I love when journalists write honestly about themselves, acknowledge their humanness, abandon their role as invisible writers of our realities.  I’ve never liked the word unbiased, and I don’t believe words without bias exist, in whatever medium.  Saying we can

If Marriages Were Like TV, We’d Say Everything

I love when journalists write honestly about themselves, acknowledge their humanness, abandon their role as invisible writers of our realities.  I’ve never liked the word unbiased, and I don’t believe words without bias exist, in whatever medium.  Saying we can

Studs Terkel: Talking to One Person

I had never heard of Studs Terkel before I read his obituary in the Economist. My introduction to him was therefore a backwards one.  Not only did I learn of his life through his death, I also fell in love with the

Studs Terkel: Talking to One Person

I had never heard of Studs Terkel before I read his obituary in the Economist. My introduction to him was therefore a backwards one.  Not only did I learn of his life through his death, I also fell in love with the

“Logic is logic. That’s all I say.”

Of any on-air interviewer, Bill Moyers asks my favorite questions.  For instance, “Do you remember any poems your grandmother used to read?” eliciting a five minute recitation of “The Deacon’s Masterpiece, or the Wonderful One-Hoss Shay.”  His questions are normal, his interview

“Logic is logic. That’s all I say.”

Of any on-air interviewer, Bill Moyers asks my favorite questions.  For instance, “Do you remember any poems your grandmother used to read?” eliciting a five minute recitation of “The Deacon’s Masterpiece, or the Wonderful One-Hoss Shay.”  His questions are normal, his interview