Trade Pressed

Here’s how introductions to new people go for me: Someone asks me what I do for a living. I say I’m a magazine editor. The person’s face lights up and a broad smile spreads.
“Oh really? What magazine?”
“It’s a trade magazine called …” I’ve already lost my audience. How about a little respect? My job is […]

It’s awards time, everywhere from Hollywood to Trade Pressland. Seeing the Oscar nominees, in all their controversy, has me thinking — What does it take to win?
Movie critics, who do nothing but watch and rate movies all day, can’t even predict what will happen with Oscar nominations. How am I to know what kinds of […]