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Article: THE WASHINGTON POST CASE OF THE MISSING BYLINES
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- July 10, 1987
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CopyrightCopyright 1987 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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At a time when the most gripping news in years is coming out
of the Iran- contra hearings in Washington, the overwhelming
majority of reporters at The Washington Post are living a
reporter's nightmare.
They are writing their stories without bylines.
"I didn't realize until this morning how much ego is tied up
in that little byline," said Tom Shales, the Post's television
critic, whose story on the hearings led the front page of the
Post's Style section yesterday. "Everybody in this business is a
little neurotic and you look at that byline every morning to see if
you're still alive. . . . It's spooky."
Locked in a contract dispute with management, reporters and
photographers ...