Listen "Episode 61: Bob Keeler and the History of Newsday"
Episode Synopsis
Bob Keeler wrote the book on Newsday, a candid history detailing the origin story of Long Island's original tabloid. On this episode we discuss that history, including the relationship of Alicia Patterson and Harry Guggenheim, the rollicking newsroom of the '50s and '60s, and more. Bob also relates his own history at the paper, including his atypical Pulitzer Prize and his trip to see the Pope. Further Research Newsday: A Candid History of the Respectable Tabloid by Robert Keeler (find in a library) The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert Caro (find in a library) Falaise: Sands Point Preserve Interview with journalist Karl Grossman on the Shoreham nuclear power plant Interview with the Barbash family on the Fire Island road
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