First Draft - Jim Newton

Jim Newton is a journalist, teacher, and author of Justice for All, Eisenhower, Worthy Fights, and Man of Tomorrow. He was at the Los Angeles Times for twenty-five years as a reporter, bureau chief, editorial page editor, columnist, and editor at large. He lives in Pasadena, California, and teaches at UCLA, where he founded and edits the award-winning public affairs magazine Blueprint. His new book is Here Beside the Rising Tide: Jerry Garcia, the Grateful Dead and an American Awakening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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First Draft - Jim Newton is an episode from First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing by Mitzi Rapkin.

This episode is 67:02 long.

This episode was published on May 4, 2026.

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