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A vivid and whip-smart memoir from the legendary editor who spent decades leading newspapers in London and New York. In My Paper Chase, Harold Evans recounts the wild and wonderful tale of newspapering life. His story stretches from the 1930s to his service in WWII, through towns big and off the map. He discusses his passion for the crusading style of reportage he championed, his clashes with Rupert Murdoch, and his struggle to use journalism to better the lives of those less fortunate. There's a star-studded cast and a tremendously vivid sense of what once was: the lead type, the smell of the presses, eccentrics throughout, and angry editors screaming over the intercoms. My Paper Chase tells the story of Evans's great loves: newspapers and Tina Brown, the bright, young journalist who became his wife. In an age when newspapers everywhere are under threat, My Paper Chase is not just a glorious recounting of an amazing life, but a nostalgic journey in black and white.
This is a revealing review of Harold Evans career in journalism. Starting out in the north of England, a working class background, his RAF service, early provincial newspaper work, and eventually landing him in London as the editor of The Sunday Times in what was to become, thanks to Evans, its heyday. The book reads very well, is entertaining, but will be much more enjoyable if you're familiar with the news stories of the time, especially the mid 60's to 70's in England. The Sunday Times coverage of Thalidomide, Bloody Sunday (and the "Troubles" in N. Ireland), Kim Philby, the 7 Day War etc are some of the stories covered in detail in the book. Evans was rigorous in his attention to details, and innovative in his use of graphics and especially photography while at The Sunday Times. It's also amazing how much of his own diaries, notes, etc he still seems to possess after all these years!His career in the US hasn't been as focused as it was in London, being defined by his work at The Sunday Times, so the US portion of the book including his work at US News and World Report, Conde Naste Traveller, book publishing etc wasn't as interesting to me.All in all it's amazing to read all his accomplishments as a journalist, a crusading, impatient with the status quo journalist and editor, I should say. His books are equally impressive, from the "Pictures on a Page" (a journalist and picture editors text book from the 1970's), up to his most recently produced, and brilliantly illustrated, "Century" book. He ends this memoir, not on a "sigh" for the good old days, but rather the understanding that people want and need reliable information. That is still important and will be in the future, whether they get this information on a printed sheet, or a tablet computer.
