Word: rewriteman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...nearest staff correspondent was in Rochester, 45 miles away, and could not be immediately reached. Was there anyone who was reasonably intelligent in the store at the moment? Was there anyone there who wanted a job? Who, When, Where, What. Druggist Milligan summoned Hudson Randall to the phone. Rewriteman Ellis gave his instructions-try to find out what caused the wreck; try to learn exactly how many people were killed, and how many injured; get their names and addresses and be sure to get the spelling straight; and call back every half hour or so. Hudson said sure...
...been planning to leave in disgust: "I think I'll stick around awhile. He looks O.K." New Man. Until he went to work for the Sun last week, 45-year-old Eli Zachary Dimitman had never worked outside Philadelphia. He joined the Philadelphia Inquirer 18 years ago as rewriteman, was city editor when Moses L. (Moe) Annenberg, the racing-sheet publisher now dead, took over the Inquirer in 1936. Talent-wise Moe Annenberg at once made Dimmy executive editor...