1. Youth -- Early boyhood -- The innocent years -- Innocence lost -- College and army -- Newsroom apprentice -- 2. Reporter -- Germany -- Greece and turkey -- England -- Barbara and the London good life -- Spain, Churchill, and married life -- Foreign editor -- To Chicago with a growing family -- 3. Editor -- Managing editor -- Reporters, readers, and the pursuit of trust -- The early sixties -- Storms and other not-so-carefree days at sea -- Executive editor -- Asia beachheads -- Journalistic pals and working lunches -- News and editorials: setting the course -- 4. Publisher -- China -- Pioneering the sky, diversifying the corporation -- Four dauntless Phillips women -- European beachheads -- Publisher pals -- Women on the battlements: the fight for equality -- Managing growth: the Halcyon years -- A public trust and a betrayal -- The digital age -- Russia -- The Middle East -- Winding down -- Bridge works: two second careers.
Summary:
The captivating story of former Wall Street Journal publisher Warren Phillips's rise to the top Newspaperman is at once a fascinating narrative of one man's journey through the newspaper business and an expert analysis of how the news is made.
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