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Dick has 30 years experience as an award winning reporter, editor and writing coach, most of them at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #43
The News Business: Out of Print -- The New Yorker
Newspapers as we know them are nearly 300 years old. Are they on their last legs? In a penetrating and provocative analysis, Eric Alterman of the New Yorker says yes.
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-- Dick Weiss
What's In A Name?
St. Louis's New Online Journal
By staking its claim to a name -- The Platform -- the St. Louis Post-Dispatch makes a move to upstage a new online journal started by a group of P-D expatriates. Dick Weiss, one of the founders, discusses this and other local media topics on the McGraw Show on KTRS-550 AM.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #42
I'm Your Viagra -- Toronto Globe & Mail
Today we go north of the border to read about a south-of-the-border guy, Sam Zell. Zell made a huge fortune in real-estate but has since invested in The Tribune Co., owner of the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times, among other properties The Viagra reference is Sam saying that newspapers are so old they "can't get it up." and he's going to help with some enhancement. That's Sam almost being delicate as this profile in the Toronto Globe & Mail reveals.
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #41
Artist's trial by ire -- Baltimore Sun
Seems unlikely, but an art student got all sorts of government agencies to agree to let him put a gold-painted chain-link fence around a public park that surrounds a national monument in Baltimore. It was supposed to be a form of public sculpture... but what it did was outrage the public. The fence is being dismantled well ahead of schedule by the profoundly disillusioned student. Read Abigail Tucker's story in the Baltimore Sun.
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-- Dick Weiss
Big Test For Obama
Barack Obama has given many great speeches, but none may be as important as the one he is to deliver on Tuesday regarding his relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright and race in America, Dick Weiss says on the McGraw Show on KTRS-550 AM.
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The Best Stories You've nEver Read #40
If you can make it in Silicon Valley without a car you can make it anywhere. Read this short, delightful piece from Joe Rodriquez of the San Jose Mercury News, who doesn't drive
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-- Dick Weiss
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #39
Oh the horror. Mom and Dad want to get in on Facebook.
What do you do when your parents want to "friend" you on Facebook. Youths nationwide are facing that dilemma as the social networking site has allowed anyone and everyone to join, the Washington Post reports in a story that is both thought provoking and hilarious.
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-- Dick Weiss
Edward Silverman: 1919-2008
Listen to the memorial service
Many St. Louisans lost a great friend this month in Eddie Silverman. He was the consummate salesman, selling millions of dollars in men's suits for the Palm Beach Co. and other companies over more than half a century. But more than that, he was everyone's friend, a man with the sunniest disposition and great sense of humor. He was also a Navy combat war veteran. Following is an obituary for Ed and eulogies delivered by his daughter, Sandra Wasserman, and granddaughter, Tracy Wasserman Cassidy. To hear the memorial service held on March 4, 2008, click on the link above. To read more, click below.
The Best Stories You've nEver Read #38
A Newspaper Can't Love You Back
David Simon's article in Esquire describes quite vividly the disillusionment many journalists feel at the nation's newspapers. If Simon's name is at all familiar to you, he's the creator of The Wire, the hit television series. Simon is a former reporter at the Baltimore Sun.
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-- Dick Weiss
The NYT No-No
The New York Times stumbles...
The New York Times had no business trashing John McCain's reputation based on anonymous sources, Dick Weiss says on the McGraw Show on KTRS-550 AM.
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