War was hell, and so was coming home and spilling it out to a newspaper reporter, no matter how empathetic she seemed.
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Journalism Ethics: Mystery desserts, midnight karma and the best story I never wrote
Posted by bethmacy on September 28, 2011
http://intrepidpapergirl.com/2011/09/28/journalism-ethics-mystery-desserts-midnight-karma-and-the-best-story-i-never-wrote/
Lynn Forbish: “I have dementia, not [expletive] herpes!”
Not long ago, she re-asserted her legendary will by refusing to roll balls of yarn — she never was the crafty type. “It was down with the yarn, up with the Beatles!” her daughter-in-law said.
Posted by bethmacy on April 16, 2010
http://intrepidpapergirl.com/2010/04/16/lynn-forbish-i-have-dementia-not-expletive-herpes/
My Oct. 26 “sounding” talk to my fellow Nieman fellows
I describe the story of my life and career, and what it’s like to report feature stories from the same place for 20 years — the good, the bad, the stalker.
Posted by bethmacy on October 30, 2009
http://intrepidpapergirl.com/2009/10/30/my-oct-26-sounding-talk-to-my-fellow-nieman-fellows/
In praise of our friends the photogs
At last weekend’s Pictures of the Year International program, the winner of the Best Photography Book Award said it took him 10 years to publish his book, which documents the fall of the Soviet Union. In the meantime, Brooklyn-based photographer Jason Eskenazi made his living working at the Metropolitan Museum of Art — as a [...]
Posted by bethmacy on July 15, 2009
http://intrepidpapergirl.com/2009/07/15/our-friends-the-photogs/
