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Shirley, Bill

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1 item: 65-pp. transcript of interview with Bill Shirley, Sports Editor. Notable names and subjects include: description of his typical day (pp. 1 -3) ; description of how sports coverage is organized in the department (pp. 6 - 9) ; his childhood and youth (p. 14 - 18) ; first newspaper job - Arkansas Gazette ; hitch in U.S. Coast Guard (pp. 21) ; employed at The Tennessean ; employed at San Diego Union (pp. 25) ; he played minor league baseball - the Little Rock Travelers ; his first impression of LAT on arrival in 1948 - "it wasn't a very good newspaper (but) extremely successful..." (pp. 29 - 30) ; "separation" of the Sports Dept. from the rest of the editorial sections (pp. 36) ; "this is a good newspaper now..." (pp. 39) ; compares the generations then at work - "these young men in jeans & sneakers ... think they (invented) good journalism... (but) Jim Murray by comparison is an old man and nobody writes better" ; new challenges in covering big names athletes, etc. (pp. 45 - 47) ; "most athletes are not very interesting" (pp. 50) ; "we get a lot of flak" from television and radio commentators (pp. 58 - 63) ; readers upset by Jim Murray columns (pp. 64).

Type
Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date
1980
Call number
mssLAT
Creator
Los Angeles Times (Firm)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
The Los Angeles Times,
Restrictions
Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Rights
The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining permission rests with the researcher.
Associated people
Bassett, James E., (1912-1978.)
Chandler, Norman, (1899-1973.)
Chandler, Otis, (1927-2006.)
Conrad, Paul, (1924-2010.)
Johnson, W. Thomas, (1941-)
Owens, Charles H.
Associated organizations
Los Angeles Times (Firm).
Los Angeles Times History Center.
Times Mirror Company.
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