She should have interned in the newsroom
Katharine Weymouth's letter to her readers on Sunday did little to clarify why she planned to host sponsored salons in her home.
See NYTimes' David Carr's piece this weekend on the publisher's public stumble.
It's easy to understand how this happened. Ms. Weymouth is Katharine Graham's granddaughter. Born on 3rd base, she really should have taken a run through the newsroom at some time.
During most of the 90s, I worked for Mac Borg whose family owns The Record, aka The Bergen Record and The Record of Hackensack A couple of Mac Borg's kids ended up in executive positions at the paper. All of his kids held internships .. or longer stints.. in the newsroom.
Of course, their last names meant they were treated very kindly as newsroom subordinates. But because they reported, edited, sat in news meetings and became colleagues with journalists, they have a greater understanding of journalistic ethics and conventions than your average newspaper executive.
Nice work, Mac.
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