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Gratitude Notes (#15)

Gratitude Notes (#15)

Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers. I’m grateful for every copy editor who’s…
Gratitude Notes (#14)

Gratitude Notes (#14)

Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers. I am grateful for Chuck Cicconetti, the…
Gratitude Notes (#13)

Gratitude Notes (#13)

Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers. I’m grateful to a writing instructor who…
Gratitude Notes (#12)

Gratitude Notes (#12)

Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers. I read somewhere that a famous writer…
“Failure is the best. After you fail, you’re free.”

“Failure is the best. After you fail, you’re free.”

Lizzy Goodman’s “Meet Me in the Bathroom” is such a raucous oral history of New York’s indie rock scene that readers’ ears are in danger of ringing while reading. It’s…
Gratitude Notes (#11)

Gratitude Notes (#11)

Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers. Microfilm of old newspapers. Basically, my entire…
Gratitude Notes (#10)

Gratitude Notes (#10)

Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers.Until I read “The Good Girls Revolt,”…
From basketball stardom to rosary beads

From basketball stardom to rosary beads

When she got the story assignment, ESPN senior writer Elizabeth Merrill could hardly believe it:A Villanova basketball star, Shelly Pennefather, won the 1987 Wade Trophy as the top female player…
Gratitude Notes (#9)

Gratitude Notes (#9)

Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers. [dcI’[/dc]m thankful to the editor who introduced…
Gratitude Notes (#8)

Gratitude Notes (#8)

Editor’s note: This month, we bring you brief reminders from pros around the world about what or who helped them forward in their careers. Steve Ronald, one of the top editors…