Big-city journalist comes to town to write nasty things the locals, local folks write about big-city writer. The writer in this case is Calvin Trillin, de facto Maritimes bureau chief for The New Yorker, and it’s a sign of his skill that the locals still say nice things about him.
Buckley fed Trillin beef filet while he was on the island and called him a charming and fabulous man who knows how to have a conversation.
That, my friends, is the sign of a great journalist. My late office neighbor Howard Swindle was famous for it — sending people to jail, but still having the perps consider him a really nice guy.
By the way, had you noticed that the Charlie Rose show recently put up 10-plus years of their programs online, via free streaming video? It’s worth a quick check for your favorites; I enjoyed this Calvin Trillin show about his wife Alice.
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Joshua Benton is the director of the Nieman Digital Journalism Project at Harvard University, among other things. Before that, he was a staff writer and columnist for The Dallas Morning News. (More.)
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