Politics, Journalism, and the Way Things Were: My Life at the Times, the Hill, and Politico

ISBN-13: 9780367366124 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 118 str.

Martin Tolchin

Opis

This book describes Martin Tolchin’s 40-year career with The New York Times, The Hill, and Politico, tracking the evolution of political journalism from the 1950s to the present and inspiring students and general readers to exercise media literacy and vigilance.

Spis treści

1.The Evolution of Journalism and How I Got My Start  2. From Idaho State to The New York Times  3. Finally, I’m a Reporter  4. Washington, Here I Come  5. A Broader Canvass  6. The Hill and Politico  7. Life after Journalism and Life Lessons  8. A New Day in Journalism

O autorze

Martin Tolchin spent 40 years at The New York Times, equally divided between New York and Washington. In New York he was City Hall Bureau Chief and a political and investigative reporter. In Washington he reported on Congress and the White House. He then founded two publications, as Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of The Hill, and Senior Publisher & Editor of Politico, and served on the jury of the Pulitzer Prizes for Journalism. Mr. Tolchin then was appointed a Senior Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Mr. Tolchin was born Sept. 20, 1928 in Brooklyn, N.Y. His father, a furrier, and mother, a housekeeper, were Russian immigrants. He was educated at the Bronx H.S. of Science, Idaho State College, the University of Utah and New York Law School, where he received an L.L.B. With his wife Susan, a professor of government at George Mason University, he wrote eight books, one of which, To the Victor: Political Patronage from the Clubhouse to the White House, has been cited in five U.S. Supreme Court decisions. They had two children, Charles and Karen. Mr. Tolchin lives in Washington, D.C.