November 12, 2004

Popular Magazines and Good Journalism

To the Editor:

Thank you for taking an interest in the class I am teaching at Syracuse University, "Celebrity Journalism: Beyond the Red Carpet" (Syllabus, The Chronicle, October 1). It is indeed an interesting course.

I am quite concerned, however, that the quotes attributed to me do not accurately reflect the tone or spirit of my remarks. Most serious: "There are people at People magazine and Us Weekly who don't even know how to type, much less write."

To clarify, I

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