NewsWalker - A Story for SweeneyIn his memoir about life on a big city newspaper, former reporter Collins explores his experiences at the "New York Daily News, " America's first tabloid, in the days before 24-hour cable news and when a reporter's tools still were a notepad, pen, manual typewriters, and dial phones that worked on dimes. |
Contents
Introduction | 9 |
Call Northside 777 | 11 |
Becoming A Sweeney | 15 |
In Queens | 28 |
Nightside | 58 |
Sam | 70 |
The Square | 86 |
Sultans of Smut | 104 |
The Strike | 130 |
The Big One | 143 |
A News Walkers Story | 165 |
Get Frank | 179 |
Epilogue The Phone Call | 190 |
Notes Acknowledgements | 196 |
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