Walter Goodman (journalist)

Walter Goodman (born August 22, 1927 in Bronx , New York City , † March 6, 2002 in Valhalla , New York ) was an American journalist and film critic .

Life

Walter Goodman graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in journalism . Originally he wanted to be a writer. But after his first completed novel, which he never published, he began to work as a journalist. He worked for the Foreign Broadcast Information Service , a former division of the CIA , in London . After returning to the USA, he worked for The New Republic , Newsweek and Harper's Magazine, among others . When Playboy wanted to improve its article quality, Goodman moved to Chicago in 1960 and became the first full-time editor in the magazine's history. After only a year he returned to New York City, but stayed with the magazine for several years as an editor. He started working for the New York Times , where he ended his career. He specialized as a film critic, especially for television.

Goodman wrote several books, including some children's books. Together with his wife Elaine Egan he wrote The Rights of the People , for which both received the Christopher Award. He received a Guggenheim scholarship in 1978 in the non-fiction category.

Goodman died of kidney failure on March 6, 2002 at the age of 72 .

Works

• Clowns of Commerce (1957)
• All Honorable Men (1963)
• The Committee: The Extraordinary Career of the House Committee on Un-American Activities (1968)
• Black Bondage: The Life of Slaves in the South (1969)
• Percentage of the Take (1971)
• Rights of the People: The Major Decisions of the Warren Court (1971)
• Memoirs of a Scam Man: The Life and Deals of Patsy Anthony Lepera (1974)
• Family: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (1975)

Web links

• Walter Goodman at Rotten Tomatoes
• Walter Goodman, 74, TV Critic And Reporter for The Times on nytimes.com