The Reporter
READING AGE 16+
<b>Intent on finding his career path, a rookie reporter struggles to become a journalist at an Indiana newspaper in 1973.</b><br><br> He climbs the ladder from writing obituaries to covering cops and teacher strikes and murder trials and community disasters. As he navigates the competitive politics of the newsroom, he gradually earns the trust of his curmudgeonly city editor. Along the way, he begins performing with a rock and roll band and falls in love. The choice between being a musician and a journalist becomes obvious after he writes a front page story on a job tryout at the Detroit Free Press.
Unfold
The managing editor was a heavyset man in his early sixties with bushy eyebrows and a walrus mustache that covered most of his mouth. Jesse was thrilled to take a seat across the desk from one of the most powerful men in the newspaper business.
He knew right away something was terribly wrong. The man in charge looked at Jesse with sadness ……
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