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Bombeck turned out zingers in the wilderness, earned her $3 a week and tried not to spend it all in one place. Then in 1965 things began to move fast. The merged Dayton Journal Herald offered her a twice-a-week column, and only three weeks later, the Newsday syndicate took her up. The phrase is exact; in journalistic terms, syndication is equivalent to ascending to heaven on a pillar of cloud. By the end of her first year, she had 36 papers, including Newsday, the Denver Post, the Minneapolis Star and the Atlanta Constitution. She began to be recognized...
...Margaret Finucane news editor with Newsday on Long Island...
...better papers in the country but places only third among Florida's dailies. Baltimore's venturesome Sun and Evening Sun (combined circ. 349,000), with a fine political staff and seven foreign bureaus, gamely fight against the Washington Post. Long Island's vigilant and bright Newsday (circ. 525,000), which was on TIME'S 1974 list, gives the New York Times a stiff battle in local and state coverage. Other regional papers simply cannot overcome the limited newsiness of the areas they cover. That description applies to such praiseworthy dailies as the Milwaukee Journal (circ...
...King Hussein, and for commentary by Vermont Royster, 70, who also won in 1953 for editorial writing. Royster's subjects included the Viet Nam War veterans' right to pride and the legacy of Martin Luther. Other awards: in general local reporting, to Long Island's Newsday for examining federal intervention in the medical treatment of severely handicapped children, most notably in the much litigated case of Baby Jane Doe; in editorial writing, to Editor Albert Scardino, 35, of the weekly Georgia Gazette (circ. 2,500), largely for attacks on official wrongdoing; in feature writing, to Seattle Times...
When he returns to Newsday, Jackson might consider writing for another section of the newspaper to explore his interests outside of sports. But he adds, "Sports is still the premier drawing card of newspapers," says Jackson. "Even for the Law School students I talked to, the sports section is still the first thing they turn...