Going on hiatus for Japan traval. But first: Calvin Trillin on dog-barking, and Gerald Clayton on Duke Ellington's humanity. Two remarkable responses from two remarkable men. https://t.co/u3IxsWiYyG #Encounters
In 1965, the Pulitzer board refused to give Duke Ellington a special citation. He was 66. Ellington: "Fate doesn't want me to be too famous too young."
Thirty years later, Wynton Marsalis won the prize. New piece on what recognition means.
https://t.co/u3IxsWiYyG
#Jazz#Pulitzer
The ombudsman is nearly extinct. Local newsrooms are hollowing out. And we still haven't figured out how to pay for the journalism democracy needs.
Had a good conversation about all of it with @JulieGammack. https://t.co/fh5vL4eJy8
In 1976, I listened to Jimmy Carter's victory on a shortwave radio in the Sahara. We carried it in a bag on our morning hike, antenna sticking above our heads.
Four years later, the distant voice became a handshake at the White House.
https://t.co/YJk4W9UXN0