Roger Ebert, who died on Thursday, was more than just a legendary film critic. He was also a newspaperman who loved the journalism industry, and fiercely criticized those he thought were sullying it.
Ebert got his first newspaper job when he was sixteen, working for a local paper in Illinois
"To be hired as a real writer at a real newspaper was such good fortune that I could barely sleep," he wrote in his 2011 memoir, "Life Itself."
When Ebert went to college, he worked on the newspaper there, the Daily Illini. But it was his nearly 50-year tenure at the Chicago Sun-Times that would make him an icon. Ebert started as a general writer before being offered the film critic's job relatively out of the blue. In "Life Itself," he wrote about the atmosphere of the Sun-Times in those early days:
The city room was a noisy place to work.
Ebert got his first newspaper job when he was sixteen, working for a local paper in Illinois
"To be hired as a real writer at a real newspaper was such good fortune that I could barely sleep," he wrote in his 2011 memoir, "Life Itself."
When Ebert went to college, he worked on the newspaper there, the Daily Illini. But it was his nearly 50-year tenure at the Chicago Sun-Times that would make him an icon. Ebert started as a general writer before being offered the film critic's job relatively out of the blue. In "Life Itself," he wrote about the atmosphere of the Sun-Times in those early days:
The city room was a noisy place to work.
- 4/4/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Elvis Presley impersonators from across the country travelled to the town of Bridlington in Yorkshire for its first Elvis weekender. Contest winner Paul Molloy, 39, won the right to represent England at July's Elvis Tribute Artist World Cup Final in Wales, ThisIsHullAndEastRiding reports. Molly said: "It means a great deal to me to have won and to represent England in the World Cup. "It's brilliant the event has come to Bridlington. Everyone (more)...
- 2/22/2010
- by By Mayer Nissim
- Digital Spy
One of my editors at the Sun-Times once asked me, "Roger, is it true that they used to let reporters smoke at their desks?" This wasn't asked yesterday; it must have been ten years ago. I realized then, although I'm only writing about it now, that a lifestyle had disappeared. When I entered the business in the autumn of my 16th year, newspapering seemed the most romantic and exciting thing I could possibly do with my life. "But honey," my mom said, "they don't pay them anything." Who cared? It involved knowing what was going on before anyone else did, and putting my byline on top of a story telling it to the world. "Roger Ebert" is only a name. "By Roger Ebert" are the three most magical words in the language, drawing my eye the same way a bulls-eye attracts an arrow.
In the way some kids might be awed by a youth gang,...
In the way some kids might be awed by a youth gang,...
- 4/6/2009
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
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