Gimme Rewrite, Sweetheart: Tales From the Last Glory Days of Cleveland Newspapers - Told By The Men and Women Who Reported the News

“Utterly fascinating . . . highly recommended anyone curious about heyday of newspapers.”— Library Book Watch

Listen in as dozens of veteran newspaper men and women share their favorite stories about life on the job at Cleveland’s newspapers during the 1950s, ’60s, and ’70s—when spirited competition between the Cleveland Press and the Plain Dealer made the newspaper business the most exciting business in town.

Their stories are funny, tragic, human and sometimes outrageous. Read them and find out why reporters in those days knew they had the world’s best job. Back then, the door to the city room was wide open and you never knew who might walk in—strippers, mental patients, circus clowns, the mayor . . . It was an amazing parade.

The best stories rarely just walked in, though. Reporters wore out shoe leather, jamming dimes into pay phones, pressing their ears to closed doors. Photographers recorded the action, whether a murder victim or a murderer or the Girl Scout who sold the most cookies.

Now, here are the stories behind the stories, told by the men and women who covered them. Includes eye-opening stories from investigative reporters, society writers, theater critics, sportswriters, photographers, editors, and many others.