Romenesko Letters | Detroit Free Press | Detroit News
Neal Shine, who went from copyboy to publisher at the Detroit Free Press, "never flinched, never wavered and never decided that the best choice was to spike a story, or soften the edge, because it would make his own job easier," says New York Times reporter
David Cay Johnston, who once worked for Shine. "He had no tolerance for wasted words, unfocused points or the mush and gush glitzmongering so prevalent today." Shine, 76,
died Tueday morning. ||
Mitch Albom: "Guys like Neal Shine are disappearing."
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Rubin: "He was the most universally beloved person I've known" (DN)
