Question: Name & author - story of cub reporter assigned to interview veteran suicide's widow

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ANSWERED on Wed 13 Feb 2008 - 5:39 pm UTC by rainbow

Question: Name & author - story of cub reporter assigned to interview veteran suicide's widow

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Asked by oink on Wed 13 Feb 2008 - 2:35 pm UTC:

Story: A tough female editor assignes a cub reporter to interview the widow
of a Veteran (Korea? Vietnam?) whose husband committed suicide by jumping
from a window.  The experience causes the cub reporter to quit the
newspaper business.

Uclue Researcher Request for clarification by Researcher rainbow on Wed 13 Feb 2008 - 3:40 pm UTC:

Could this be what you're thinking of?

"The following is a reprint of an interview with the writer Kurt Vonnegut
that I conducted in 1990, which then ran in the Milwaukee Sentinel, in
connection with a cable TV series based on his short stories. It is also an
account of the subterfuge I employed to obtain it."

"Date: July 16, 1990
Los Angeles, Calif. - Kurt Vonnegut tells this story about his days as a
cub reporter for City News Bureau in Chicago during the late 1940s. He was
sent to cover a grisly death a man was crushed to death by an elevator.

Having done all he could at the scene, Vonnegut was advised by his boss to
call the man's widow, but was told to identify himself as a policeman and
record her anguished response.It was a "Front Page"-type ruse typical of
the era, and he did it with little protest. Any moral objections were
reserved until after the fact..."

http://blogs.jsonline.com/dudek/archive/2007/04/13/My-Dinner-with-Vonnegut.aspx

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Best regards,
Rainbow

Question clarification by oink on Wed 13 Feb 2008 - 4:40 pm UTC:

I think that's it.
 Did Vonnegut write a short story about the inciden?

Question clarification by oink on Wed 13 Feb 2008 - 5:28 pm UTC:

Never mind, I found it with the info you supplied.  How do I indicate that
I'm satisfied and go ahead and pay you?

Uclue Researcher Answer by Researcher rainbow on Wed 13 Feb 2008 - 5:39 pm UTC:

Hi oink,

I'm glad I was able to help you find what you were looking for. Here it is
again:

"The following is a reprint of an interview with the writer Kurt Vonnegut
that I conducted in 1990, which then ran in the Milwaukee Sentinel, in
connection with a cable TV series based on his short stories. It is also an
account of the subterfuge I employed to obtain it."

"Date: July 16, 1990
Los Angeles, Calif. - Kurt Vonnegut tells this story about his days as a
cub reporter for City News Bureau in Chicago during the late 1940s. He was
sent to cover a grisly death a man was crushed to death by an elevator.

Having done all he could at the scene, Vonnegut was advised by his boss to
call the man's widow, but was told to identify himself as a policeman and
record her anguished response.It was a "Front Page"-type ruse typical of
the era, and he did it with little protest. Any moral objections were
reserved until after the fact..."

http://blogs.jsonline.com/dudek/archive/2007/04/13/My-Dinner-with-Vonnegut.aspx

Once I post here in the "Answer Box", I'll get paid. Thanks.

Best regards,
Rainbow

Accepted and rated by oink on Thu 14 Feb 2008 - 1:25 pm UTC:

Excellent, especially considering the facts I gave were not all correct.

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