Author Archives: Deadline Artists

The Dempsey-Willard Fight—Grantland Rice—New York Tribune—7/5/1919

Jack Dempsey proved to be the greatest fighting tornado, in a boxing way, the game has ever known, when in nine minutes of actual combat today, he crushed Jess Willard into a shapeless man of gore and battered flesh. One … Continue reading

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Mata Hari Falls Before Firing Squad—Henry G. Wales—International News Service—10/19/1917

Mata Hari, which is Javanese for Eye-of-the-Morning, is dead. She was shot as a spy by a firing squad of Zouaves at the Vincennes Barracks. She died facing death literally, for she refused to be blindfolded. Gertrud Margarete Zelle, for … Continue reading

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Jackie’s Debut—Mike Royko—Chicago Sun-Times—10/25/1972

[Mike Royko wrote this reminiscence on the day of Jackie Robinson’s death.] All that Saturday, the wise men of the neighborhood, who sat in chairs on the sidewalk outside the tavern, had talked about what it would do to baseball. … Continue reading

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The Subway Rebel—Frederick B. Edwards—New York Herald Tribune—11/20/1924

Benjamin Mehlig, a small man with an office at 132 Fulton Street, who had a habit of leaving the West Side Interborough subway at 157th Street and Broadway every evening at a little before 6 o’clock, set his teeth firmly … Continue reading

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NY1 Online: Journalists Discuss ‘Deadline Artists’, Jesse Angelo, Errol Louis and Michael Daly

Inside City Hall’s Errol Louis discussed the new book, “Deadline Artists, Scandals, Tragedies and Triumphs”, with one of his co-editors, Jesse Angelo, who is also the Executive Editor of the New York Post, as well as Michael Daly, from Newsweek … Continue reading

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Cowboys, Congress, and an American original – Will Rogers

A great early bio piece on Will Rogers. Some amazing footage of his cowboy show and clips of his voice and life. Truly an American original.

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Murray Kempton – Rebellions, Perversities and Main Events

Murray Kempton talks about his book “Rebellions, Perversities, and Main Events” on Booknotes.

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Remembering Murray Kempton

A great roundtable eulogy for the great American Journalist Murray Kempton. Featuring: Jimmy Breslin, David Remnick and William F. Buckley, Jr.

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St. Francis College Deadline Artists Panel

New York journalists John Avlon (The Daily Beast and Deadline Artists), Heywood Gould (Fort Apache, The Bronx), Michael Powell (New York Times), Josh Greenman (Daily News), Harry Siegel (Village Voice) discuss the history and art of the American newspaper column.

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November 23rd, 2011 – Deadline Artists on NPR Morning Edition

Tina Brown, editor of The Daily Beast and Newsweek, tells NPR what she’s been reading in a feature that Morning Edition likes to call Word of Mouth. This month, Brown has been considering the voice of the columnist through readings … Continue reading

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