Jim Romenesko reports that Barry Newman, who wrote more than 500 page one features for The Wall Street Journal, is retiring.
Romenesko writes, “Newman has written over 500 A-heds in his 43 years at the paper. (The page one Journal feature is called an A-hed.) His first ran on Dec. 3, 1970, and his most recent — a piece on apostrophes — was published in the print edition on May 16.
“‘There are generations of people, like me, whose idea of what a story could be – or even what journalism could be – was redefined by Barry’s work,’ says Journal reporter Conor Dougherty.
“In his retirement, Newman will serve as a Journal writing coach, ‘working with Page One to encourage, advise and console reporters who are in the throes of doing WSJ A-heds,’ he tells Romenesko readers.
“‘CUNY Journalism Press has also asked me to put together a story collection, interwoven with instructional and, I hope, amusing essays on how I got the ideas and did the reporting and writing. It’s due next April.’
“His favorite stories?”
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