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by Sheila Lennon
'Bottom-up' journalism from the pros

July 1, 2002 • Today's weblog
Nearly last words: Billboard Magazine editor Timothy White died suddenly June 27, one hour after filing his last column, "Like A 'Rolling Stone': How It Feels." The Rolling Stone alum was responding to the upcoming makeover of that onetime towering giant of a read:

"Whatever the future may hold for Rolling Stone, my years there (1978-82) as an editor were never dull or boring; the staff was exuberant and impassioned to a fault, all of us encouraging and arguing with each other—Wenner included, who was, after all, a contemporary and just as opinionated and mercurial. Twice a month we made a magazine based on what we jointly felt was absorbing and worthwhile, untrammeled by focus groups, the undue influence of publicists, or the tug of market forces. And we never sought to imitate anything else. It was a vessel of journalistic voices, constantly in the messy process of becoming itself."

Rest in peace, Mr. White, and thanks for being part of my youth.
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