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Reich, Ken
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Reich, Ken
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1 item: 54-pp. transcript of interview with Los Angeles Times writer Ken Reich. Subject include: working on stories related to The Olympics - Montreal, 1976 ? (pp. 1 - 3) ; more Olympics recollections - L.A. sought the Games for 84? (pp. 6 - 8) ; his various assignments and reporting projects through the years ; most of his career (after 1968) was spent on some aspect of political reporting ; interviewer jumps back to Reich's start as a journalist - childhood and high school (pp. 19 - 22) ; "prep reporter" at Riverside Press & Enterprise at age 14 (pp. 20) ; many memories of his experiences at Life (magazine) throughout the interview ; Reich's assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of Los Angeles Times as of 1980 (pp. 42) ; "examples of blatant unfairness are very rare now at The Times (pp. 43) ; covering Ueberroth and preparation for the 1984 Olympics (pp. 44 - 47) ; more.
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Bruns, Ken
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Two items comprising four pages of memos pertaining to Ken Bruns.
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Correspondence - Staff
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Approx. 65 items: letters and memos related to employment and on-the-job issues to and from staffers. Includes: several instances of writer Ken Reich upsetting his superiors and being difficult generally (Reich was reportedly "urged" toward early retirement after another incident, ca. 2004) ; more.
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Bruns, Ken
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A congratulatory letter sent from Otis Chandler to Ken Bruns in the Promotion and Public Relations department, regarding Bruns' 25th anniversary at the Los Angeles Times.
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N - Miscellaneous Correspondence
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Approx. 35 items. Letters, memos, telegrams, newspaper clippings. Subjects include: "narcotics problem" campaign (letter from R. Nixon); Feather River water project; letter to Oregonian Editor Robert Notson, in which Williams writes of new Publisher Otis Chandler that he "will become a great one"; Times-sponsored charity football game & NAACP; correspondence with the Nieman Fellowship Committee; letter of appreciation from columnist Robert Novak, Washington, DC; 3-pp. letter in 1969 to Jack Nightscales (Vancouver Sun) on "the major challenge for [newspapers in] the '70s...will be to make them an essential part of their...audiences' daily lives"; series of letters between editor of the Picayune Item (Mississippi) and Otis C. and Williams about controversial story by LAT's staffer Ken Reich; awarding of the B-1 bomber contract; exchange of letters with Robert Neumann, US Ambassador to Afghanistan; W.'s letter to R. Nixon; exchange of letters involving misunderstanding of fee charged by EX-Times staffer who went into PR; etc.
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Regency Club
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Memos and letters pertaining to the Regency Club. Also included is the 1983 Regency Club by-laws and membership book.
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