Jayson Blair: 'I Cannot Imagine Anything I Could Do, No Matter How Long I Live, That Will Change That First Line of My Obituary'
A recent college graduate who has aspirations to be a journalist gets advice from Jayson Blair, at a high school graduation presided over by the disgraced ex-New York Times writer, who says he can’t imagine what the first line of his obituary will read:
“Now Jayson, you have a long life ahead of you. But one day, we’ll read your obituary somewhere, maybe even in The New York Times and I’m wondering what you would like it to say?”
For the first time, Blair’s grin deflates.
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