the Education of a Journalist: My Seventy Years on Frontiers Free Speech

Amid 70 years of media turmoil, Dan Rottenberg carved a rewarding life as editor of seven groundbreaking publications, author of eleven books, press critic, business writer, film critic, arts critic, and dining critic. As a champion of free speech, he successfully defended seven libel suits, protest demonstrations, and death threats. Along the way, he helped launch the alternative media movement, the modern Jewish genealogy movement, and the " 400" list of wealthiest Americans. He covered the Chicago Seven trial for the and chronicled billionaires for Magazine. In this memoir, he records his firsthand impressions of the notable people he encountered. He recalls how journalists practiced their craft during the last decades of the printing press. And he suggests how—even in a digital age—others might follow in his footsteps.