Reeves Remembers Halberstam

When David Halberstam died in a car crash on April 23rd, America lost one of its most influential journalists. No one has made this point as succinctly as syndicated columnist Richard Reeves.

In a column called “Journalism’s Greatest Generation” -- that really is about what Reeves sees as journalism’s greatest generation -- Reeves also manages to eulogize his friend and colleague, David Halberstam, gently, elegantly and with great respect.

Halberstam led the way, literally. There was something of Paul Revere and Thomas Paine in his journey from Harvard to becoming the only reporter on the smallest newspaper in Mississippi -- because he thought race and civil rights was the biggest (and untold) story in the country. Others came with typewriters and cameras and their hearts in their throats to make Americans confront this stain on the flag.

Reeves’ April 27th column is here.