Publicist Asks Bill Keller About the 'Circuitous' Nature 'NYT' Ledes

Last night, I went to a New York Press Club event featuring a Q&A moderated by NPR’s Brooke Gladstone and featuring The New York Times’ executive editor Bill Keller. It was a pretty good event filled with interesting tidbits of info (which I highlight with Chris O’Shea at FishbowlNY), lengthy questions from the audience, and pieces of unidentifiable meat on the refreshment table.

Since publicists also do a lot of writing, it was fitting that a publicist (and NY Press Club member) asked Keller if there was some sort of policy about writing long, “circuitous” ledes.

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