Pat Dorman
Lineup for July 16, 2008
John Koblin meets Katharine Weymouth, The Washington Post's publisher, and writes, "Ms. Weymouth’s position is not identical to those of her predecessors. About three years after The New York Times brought its Internet and print staffs together to integrate the newsroom, The Post is trying out the same thing."
How did Robin Meade, lead anchor of CNN Headline News' Morning Express land the big freed FARC detainees interview, wonders Felix Gillette. Ms. Meade says, "It wasn’t expected. ... It’s one of those things, it comes at you. I haven’t had time to sit around and think, how’s this going to rank? I’m honored that they trusted me and that they feel like the audience got their story. read more »
Pam Dorman Is Back At Viking Books—And at Square One
When Pam Dorman decided this past May to return to Viking Books—where she’d been an editor for 19 years—she had not been gone for very long. It was just two and a half years ago, in January 2006, when she announced she would be leaving to start her own boutique imprint at Hyperion.
By the time of the switch, Ms. Dorman had established herself at Viking as an editor with a rare intuition for spotting debut novels of a certain character that could sell millions of copies. Bridget Jones’s Diary was hers. Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees, too. Also Kim Edwards’ The Memory Keeper’s Daughter and Jacquelyn Mitchard’s The Deep End of the Ocean. read more »
