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The Secret To Reston's Scoops Power Of Words: Prize-winning journalist made most of every opportunity.(A)
Byline: CURT SCHLEIER
Size didn't matter to James "Scotty" Reston.
The legendary New York Times columnist and Washington bureau chief went after stories large and small with equal vigor -- and demanded the same of his staff. As John Stacks wrote in his biography, "Scotty: James B. Reston and the Rise and Fall of American Journalism," Reston took a long-term view.
"(He) believed that by publishing even the small secrets of government, he could create the illusion that he and his staff were almost as inside as the real insiders, and that it was futile for officials to try to keep information from him and his colleagues," Stacks wrote.
Keeping tabs on the government was a mission for Reston, Stacks wrote, because "he believed strongly that an informed public was the prerequisite of a self-governing society."
Time magazine wrote: "He believed the country's problems are solvable if there is honest public dialogue."
Reston's attitude helped him become one of the top journalists of the 20th century. He won two Pulitzer Prizes and influenced thousands of writers the world over.
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