Jimmy Breslin: The Art of Climbing Tenement Stairs

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Love him or hate him, Jimmy Breslin has always been a force in the world of print journalism. On November 2, 2004 after calling the election for Kerry, the Pulitzer Prize winning reporter and author announced he was leaving his thrice-weekly post as, arguably, New York’s most famous columnist and champion of “the little guy.” He hasn't stopped writing -- he’s working on at least three new books and is involved in a movie project -- and he contributes columns for Newsday “from time to time.” But that voice of moral outrage, from one the hardest working muckrakers in the newspaper business, no longer appears regularly in newsprint. Tonight we explore Breslin's legacy through a radio documentary produced by Jon Kalish.

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