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7 - The Batman Returns

When Dave Greenberg decided to run to be a NY State assemblyman, I took the unpaid job of being his press assistant. Writing up releases...

6 - Undercover Disco

The brief orientation was basically, “Everyone is here to have fun, be polite, be respectful, and don’t let any trouble happen.” I was...

5 - Batman's Sidekick

At Courier-Life I met two interesting subjects who would change my life. One was Dave Greenberg, aka Batman, a hero cop who helped...

4 - Living the Courier-Life

So I went from being a photojournalist to a reporter who took pictures. This sometimes stood me in good stead, with a presumption that...

3 - From Pix to Prose

I applied for a freelance job with Courier-Life, a syndicate of four local newspapers: Kings Courier; Flatbush Life; Canarsie Digest; and...

2 - A Momentous Moment

My first by-lines were in the James Madison Moment, a high school newspaper in a typical public school in Brooklyn, New York. In my...

1 - Write On

Red Diamond: Private Eye book jacket, 1983 These are the stories that my family and friends have heard, the high points and low points...