A life's worth.The Post's policy on who gets a news-style written obit continues to be uneven and an irritant ir·ri·tant adj. Causing irritation, especially physical irritation. n. A source of irritation. irritant, n 1. an agent that causes an irritation or stimulation. 2. to the paper's employees and retirees, who for many decades got a retirement story and obit. That's when the paper was owned by the paternalistic pa·ter·nal·ism n. A policy or practice of treating or governing people in a fatherly manner, especially by providing for their needs without giving them rights or responsibilities. Pulitzer family. Present editor Arnie Robbins ended the policy, saying, "We don't write about ourselves." In recent months, former St. Louis Globe-Democrat The St. Louis Globe-Democrat (casually referred to as The Globe) was a daily newspaper based in St. Louis, Missouri. It began operations on July 1, 1852 as the Missouri Democrat, which later merged with the St. Louis Globe. It was St. reporter Les Pearson and television cameraman Andy Werner got obits in the Post. Former Post employees Amour Krupnik, a designer, and reporter Ray Vodicka did not. But former music critic Noun 1. music critic - a critic of musical performances critic - a person who is professionally engaged in the analysis and interpretation of works of art Frank Peters got an obit--it was hard to ignore that he won a Pulitzer Prize in 1972. Robbins, in recent half-page promotional ads, was featured repeatedly as the editor of the paper. A photo showed him at ease with coffee cup in hand. |
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