Category Archives: 1960s

Reporter calls it heartbreak

Posted on August 21, 2025 by Bob Stepno

https://archive.org/download/T5project/Theater%20Five%20650115%20120%20The%20Trophy%20VLQ.mp3 Reporters weren’t a regular feature of Theater Five … but a project aimed updating the archived copies of this 1964-1965 ABC Radio series has me listening for newspapers and newsies. I also listen for references to the “newspaper habit” … Continue reading →

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Fighting slavery with a newspaper

Posted on May 9, 2016 by Bob Stepno

The long-running Jewish Theological Seminary radio series “The Eternal Light” usually drew from an older text, but it did feature a crusading newspaper in at least one episode, “The Rabbi with Ink-Stained Hands,” which the inspirational-drama program broadcast more than … Continue reading →

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“I am not ‘in the news’…” — The Couple Next Door

Posted on June 18, 2013 by Bob Stepno

Journalism students should find food for ethical thought in this encounter between a newspaper reporter and “The Couple Next Door.”  Prelude: Little Betsy got a bad mark at school; all the children laughed at her… and just for repeating something … Continue reading →

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