{"product_id":"god-and-the-editor-robert-h-phelps-9780815609148","title":"God and the Editor: My Search for Meaning at the New York Times","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor nearly twenty years Robert H. Phelps ran interference for, cheered on, and sometimes scolded star reporters and top editors at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times.\u003c\/i\u003e Starting his editing career at the desk of the Providence Journal-Bulletin, Phelps joined the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e as a copy editor, eventually serving as the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e news editor for the Washington bureau. Along the way he struggled with balancing his moral ideals and his personal ambition. In this compelling memoir, Phelps interweaves his personal and professional experiences with some of the most powerful stories of the era. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith candor and keen observation, Phelps chronicles both the triumphant and the tragic events at the \u003ci\u003eTimes.\u003c\/i\u003e He explains the missed lessons of the Pentagon Papers, why the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e played catchup with the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e on the Watergate scandal but eventually surpassed it on covering that seminal story, and how the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e failed to report a key element of the riots at the 1968 Democratic convention. Phelps offers mixed appraisals of such luminaries as A. M. Rosenthal, James B. Reston, E. Clifton Daniel, and Max Frankel, and expresses great admiration for Seymour Hersh, Neil Sheehan, and Bill Beecher, three unlikely scoop artists. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Phelps settled in at the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003ejournalism became the religion he had searched for since his adolescence. Over his tenure of nearly two decades, however, Phelps found that journalism's stark emphasis on fact was insufficient to address many of life's dilemmas and failed to provide the sustaining guidance he envied in his wife's Catholic faith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robert H. Phelps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0815609140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780815609148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Syracuse University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 298\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.30w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009 pg. 6\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2009 pg. 81\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2009 pg. 270\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/0001","brand":"Robert H. Phelps","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47520298172671,"sku":"9780815609148","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b7a1b9e0-e170-4800-a3da-35e945344e7a.jpg?v=1762884747","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/god-and-the-editor-robert-h-phelps-9780815609148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}