Published Oct 18, 2005
From a copy boy to the managing editor of The New York Times, Arthur Gelb told the story of his rise through the ranks and the changes in the newsroom over the years to journalism students and the TCU community Monday night.As in his autobiography, "City Room," Gelb described The New York Times when he began in 1944.
There was no such thing as privacy in those days, the former managing editor said. Reporters worked with their desks side to side, wall to wall and the sounds of manual typewriters always filled the room.