Terry McDermott on Dean Baquet: The First Editor I've Ever Liked
Journalist Terry McDermott has a long letter in Romenesko, praising Dean Baquet as the first editor he ever liked. Baquet had assigned him to do the definitive piece on Mohammed Atta, and 3 years later, he turned his LA Times writings into a book, Perfect Soldiers, about all the 9/11 hi-jackers.
McDermott throws in some unnamed businessmen who, after hearing his account of his travels and investigations, asked about the cost of same. McDermott takes the high road:
The stories cost hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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