Richard J. Tofel - The Daily Beast

Richard J. Tofel, general manager of ProPublica, is the author of Restless Genius: Barney Kilgore, The Wall Street Journal, and the Invention of Modern Journalism.

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Would You Pay to Read This Story?

The Wall Street Journal makes millions from its pay website. Here are the secrets to its success-and what other paper...

Posted 11:15 AM | Mar 5, 2009

How Newspapers Once Survived Near Death

Fifty years ago, when newspapers were dying, Barney Kilgore, the inventor of modern journalism, provided words for th...

Posted 6:17 AM | Jan 30, 2009

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