Word: rosenthaler
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Rosenthal was consoled by a Pulitzer prize awarded for "excellence in foreign reporting." Writing to his close friend Arthur Gelb, now the Times's assistant managing editor, Rosenthal remarked facetiously about his prize that it was "a little small, but the thought was there."
Next, Rosenthal picked up his trenchcoat and headed for Japan, where he stayed until 1962 when he was brought back to New York to become city editor.
After stints as assistant, then associate, managing editor (when he actually served as untitled managing editor), Rosenthal finally received the official title, Managing Editor. The year was 1969. Rosenthal was 47 years old. By 1976, another promotion would bring Rosenthal to the zenith of his power: complete control over both...
During my half hour interview with him, Rosenthal stayed accessible to his staff, never closing the office door. In his office there is a long wooden table surrounded by chairs, where in a daily ritual at 4 p.m., the Times's editors present the news to their boss.
Rosenthal was smiling pleasantly. He looked relaxed and was obviously trying to put his younger visitor at ease, as he launched into one of his favorite topics, the freedom of the press. He perceives the recent gag orders that prohibit the press from reporting on certain trials, or aspects of...