He turned writing about death Into the best job at The New York Times | You Decide
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Sam Roberts is a longtime New York urban affairs journalist and an obituary writer for The New York Times. His new book, Are They Dead Yet? The Art of the Obit, chronicles the craft of writing obituaries and the stories behind them. Roberts joined Errol to discuss the differences between obituary writing and long-form biography, the taboo against speaking ill of the dead, the use of euphemisms and the challenge of crafting accurate, compelling leads under deadline. He also explained how advance obituaries are prepared and how editors select just a few notable lives from the many candidates who die each day. #NY1 #NYC #News -------- For more on this and the latest NYC news: http://specne.ws/NY1YT Watch live news: http://specne.ws/YTliveSN Get the Spectrum News App on all your favorite devices: http://specne.ws/GetSNApp2
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