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God and the Editor: My Search for Meaning at the New York Times
Robert Phelps
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Description for God and the Editor: My Search for Meaning at the New York Times
Hardcover. Starting career as a cub reporter for the "Providence Journal-Bulletin", the author joined the "New York Times" as a copy editor, eventually serving as the "Times" news editor for the Washington bureau. This title presents his personal and professional experiences with some of the most powerful stories of the era. Num Pages: 272 pages, 22 black-&-white illustrations, notes, index. BIC Classification: BM; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
For nearly twenty years Robert H. Phelps ran interference for, cheered on, and sometimes scolded star reporters and top editors at the ""New York Times"". Starting his career as a cub reporter for the ""Providence Journal-Bulletin"", Phelps joined the ""New York Times"" as a copy editor, eventually serving as the ""Times"" news editor for the Washington bureau. Along the way he struggled with balancing his moral ideals and his personal ambition. In this compelling memoir, Phelps interweaves his personal and professional experiences with some of the most powerful stories of the era. With candor and keen observation, Phelps chronicles both ... Read more
For nearly twenty years Robert H. Phelps ran interference for, cheered on, and sometimes scolded star reporters and top editors at the ""New York Times"". Starting his career as a cub reporter for the ""Providence Journal-Bulletin"", Phelps joined the ""New York Times"" as a copy editor, eventually serving as the ""Times"" news editor for the Washington bureau. Along the way he struggled with balancing his moral ideals and his personal ambition. In this compelling memoir, Phelps interweaves his personal and professional experiences with some of the most powerful stories of the era. With candor and keen observation, Phelps chronicles both ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815609148
SKU
V9780815609148
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99-67
About Robert Phelps
Robert H. Phelps was the Washington bureau chief for the New York Times from 1965 to 1974. He left the Times to join the Boston Globe, where he led coverage of school desegregation, for which it won a Pulitzer Prize. He is the coauthor of Libel: Rights, Risks, and Responsibilities and editor of Witness to History.
Reviews for God and the Editor: My Search for Meaning at the New York Times
This is the best, truest, most revealing insider's story ever published about life at the New York Times during the golden age of print journalism.... Phelps was in the thick of it all and tells it with the care and precision of a great editor. - Russell Baker, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of Growing Up