David Brinkley once told me his definition of news. “News,” he said, “is what I say it is.” Brinkley was not being arrogant. He and […]

Before my television days, I was a disc jockey, first in Mt. Jackson, VA, at a country and western 1k daytimer and later at WENZ […]

Back in 1964, I was a sophomore at the University of Richmond. Since I had worked for a radio station during high school, I became […]

My first job in TV was running the audio board from 3 to midnight at WRVA TV (now WWBT) in Richmond. I was in college […]

For many years, the typewriter was my main tool. When I first went on the air, there was no such thing as a prompter so […]

This is the device I used for my entire news writing career. And it served me well. But you had to strike over or use […]