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Alden Rogers Whitman (October 27, 1913 – September 4, 1990) was an American journalist who served as chief obituary writer for The New York Times from 1964 to 1976. In that role, he pioneered a more vivid, biographical approach to obituaries, some based on interviews with his subjects in advance of their deaths.
The Best Obituaries from Legendary New York Times Reporter Robert McG. Thomas. [4] The author of a starred Kirkus Review of 52 McGs wrote, "For the last half of the 1990s, readers of the New York Times could be excused if they searched out Thomas's work before they bothered with the front-page lead. Known as 'McGs.'—after the veteran reporter ...
William McDonald is an American journalist and editor for The New York Times and is the current obituaries editor.. McDonald, a former editor at Newsday on Long Island, joined the New York Times in 1988 and has held numerous positions at the paper. [1]
Obit is the first documentary [citation needed] to look into the world of newspaper obituaries, via the obituary desk at The New York Times. Writers are interviewed as they research and compose obituaries, including one for William P. Wilson, who coached John F. Kennedy on his historic TV debate with Richard Nixon, [4] and one for Dick Rich, who developed ground-breaking advertising for Alka ...
The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, [1] and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its ...
Amisha "Amy" Padnani is an American journalist who is an editor on the obituaries desk at The New York Times. [1] She is the creator of the Times’ series Overlooked, which features obituaries that tell the stories of individuals whose deaths were not originally reported by the Times, typically remarkable women and people of color.
Fox in 2018. Margalit Fox (born April 25, 1961) [1] is an American writer. After earning a master's degree in linguistics, she began her career in publishing in the 1980s. In 1994, she joined The New York Times as a copy editor for its Book Review and later wrote widely on language, culture and ideas for The New York Times, New York Newsday, Variety and other publications.
William H. "Biff" Grimes (born July 25, 1950) is an American food writer, magazine writer, culture reporter, theater columnist, restaurant critic, book reviewer and obituary writer for The New York Times. [1] He is the author of four books on food and drink in the United States, including the recent work Appetite City: A Culinary History of New ...