[Mike Royko moves to Chicago Tribune]
News segment on Mike Royko’s switch from the Chicago Sun-Times to the Chicago Tribune following the acquisition of the Sun-Times by Rupert Murdoch.
News segment on Mike Royko’s switch from the Chicago Sun-Times to the Chicago Tribune following the acquisition of the Sun-Times by Rupert Murdoch.
“Royko at The Goat” by Scott Jacobs and Lilly Ollinger. A relaxed conversation with legendary columnist Mike Royko at the Billy Goat Tavern in Chicago in July 1982. Royko shares some of his greatest memories playing sixteen inch softball with a group of friends over beers and burgers.
This tape is a C-Span broadcast of an event launching One More Time: The Best of Mike Royko, a collection of columns by the late newspaper columnist. Several of Royko’s friends and colleagues share stories about him, and most read one of their favorite Royko columns. The event M.C. is Studs Terkel, and speakers include: John Tryneski, editor for University of Chicago press, publisher of One More Time; Lois Wille, former Chicago Tribune Editorial page editor; Carol Marin, TV reporter; Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune columnist; Mary Schmich, newspaper columnist; Ann Landers, newspaper columnist; Bill Kurtis, TV producer and former TV reporter; Ellen Warren, newspaper columnist; Tim Weigel, TV sports reporter; and Roger Ebert, film critic.
Studs Terkel and Mike Royko at Lawry’s. The two share a beer and some words about the bars and taverns of their day, specifically the kinds of people who were a part of the bar scene, what those taverns stood for, and how they’ve changed over the years. Followed by Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick at Lawry’s on his former drinking days.