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The Best of the Rest Non-Syndicated Newspaper Columnists Select Their Best Work
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Sam G. Riley
Book Code: RBC/
ISBN: 0-313-28508-X
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-28508-0
368 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 6/30/1993
List Price: $126.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: Out of stock
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • All in all, the book is inspirational and instructive. . . . Mostly, he just shows off some fine work, and that is treat enough.
    —American Journalism Review
Description: The Best of the Rest presents the work of 77 of America's most talented local newspaper columnists from 41 states. They represent the "rest" because editor Sam G. Riley has excluded nationally syndicated columnists in order to expose to a wider audience many equally talented columnists whose fame generally is localized. The columnists chosen for inclusion were "nominated" by a nationwide panel of 100 journalism professors--two from each state. Those writers who agreed to participate either self-selected their two favorite columns or sent a larger sampling for the editor's choice. For this first such book on local columnists, Riley has concentrated on news columnists, personal or general interest columnists, and humor columnists, exempting those who write more or less exclusively on topical areas, such as sports, business and finance, fashion, or travel. In his lively and insightful introduction, Riley identifies three main characteristics of newspaper column writing much in evidence in these selections: humanity or people-centeredness, wit, and freedom of approach. He also sketches a brief history of newspaper column writing and provides a sense of what local columnists do, offering his opinion that "being a columnist is the most fun a person can legally have at a newspaper." The selection of columns makes for delightful reading and will be instructive and inspiring to journalism major students and other students of writing. A selective bibliography is included.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Smiley Anders
  • Lynn Bartels
  • Ben Beagle
  • Nancy Beeghly
  • Lillian Bell
  • Jim Belshaw
  • Don Bishoff
  • Don Boxmeyer
  • William A. Brower
  • Ken Buchanan
  • Dennis Byrne
  • Terry Carr
  • Steve Clark
  • Tom Condon
  • Ed Cullen
  • John DeMott
  • Mike Deupree
  • Mike Doogan
  • Melissa Dribben
  • Jim Fitzgerald
  • Guy Friddell
  • Tony Gabriele
  • T.J. Gilles
  • C.W. Gusewelle
  • Robert Haggart
  • Sam Hemingway
  • Mike Henderson
  • Carl Hiaasen
  • Rheta Grimsley Johnson
  • Eugene Kane
  • Jim Kershner
  • Jim Klobuchar
  • George Knapp
  • Bob Krauss
  • John Laird
  • Darrell Laurant
  • Mike Leonard
  • Charles Levendosky
  • Merle E. Lofgren
  • Dennis McCann
  • Dennis McCarthy
  • Joel McNally
  • Jon Margolis
  • Don Marsh
  • Cathy Mauk
  • Bill Maxwell
  • Russ Metz
  • E.J. Montini
  • Robert C. Newberry
  • Brian Ojampa
  • Rosemary Parrillo
  • Mark Patinkin
  • Mike Peters
  • Bob Pinkerton
  • Paul Prather
  • Doug Robarchek
  • Richard Roeper
  • Barbara T. Roessner
  • Ed Shamy
  • Celestine Sibley
  • Jack Smith
  • John L. Smith
  • A.C. Snow
  • Judy McConnell Steele
  • Roddy Stinson
  • Bill Tammeus
  • Tom Teepen
  • Susan Trausch
  • Elaine Viets
  • Kent Ward
  • Susan Watson
  • Tom Weber
  • Bob Wiemer
  • Kevin Woster
  • Bill Wundram
  • Susan G. Yerkes
  • Jerry Zezima
  • Appendix A: Newspapers and Columnist
  • Appendix B: The Columns Classified
  • Selected Bibliography
LC Card Number: 92-36610
LCC Class: PN4726
Dewey Class: 071
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