Writers Tricks of the Trade SPRING 2017 ISSUE 2, VOLUME 7 | Page 17

J OURNALISM IN THE “T YPEWRITER E RA ” (C ONT ’ D )
One can quickly get briefed on how a yesteryear newspaper editorial room operated by viewing the
1958 film, "Teacher's Pet," starring Clark Gable, as a newspaper city editor, and Doris Day, as a college
journalism instructor. (Adviser on that film, making it accurate, was a Los Angeles Mirror staffer.)
Want to read more on comparing today with years past?
Check out what these two veteran newsmen have to say about then and now.
Chuck Williams, Ledger-Enquirer staffer in Columbus, Georgia, recalls, “I can remember the first time I
ever walked into a newsroom, it was in Enterprise, Alabama and there was a sign on the wall there: If your
mother says she loves you, check it out.”
See full text at:
www.ledger-enquirer.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/chuck-williams/article142095624.html
Mike Anich, reporter, the Ledger-Herald, Gloversville, New York, explains why “sometimes being a
reporter is exciting, sometimes, really not so much.””
See full text at:
www.leaderherald.com/news/local-news/2017/04/sometimes-being-a-reporter-is-exciting-sometimes-
really-not-so-much
W RITERS ’ T RICKS OF THE T RADE
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