How to Be a Better Journalist

I tell the story of Jimmy Breslin in the book. He's a journalist who was tasked with reporting the assassination of John F. Kennedy. So he decides to leave the White House and go across the river to the Arlington National Cemetery. And he finds the grave digger who's digging the grave for JFK that day. And he writes this master of a column. Telling the story of JFK's assassination from the perspective of the person who's preparing his final resting place. I highly encourage everyone to look it up and read it.

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