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With the decline in popularity of newspapers I believe something should be done to shake up the way news is written. The problem with this is that some (if not a lot) journalists tend to play it safe with their writing for fear their editor will butcher their work.  I’m not talking about the usual [...]

This is part 2 of our HST For Beginners series. The definite contributers are as follows… Marty Beckerman. Author of Dumbocracy: Adventures with the Loony Left, the Rabid Right, and Other American Idiots. Generation S.L.U.T. (sexually liberated urban teens): A Brutal Feel-up Session with Today’s Sex-Crazed Adolescent Populace, and Death to All Cheerleaders: One Adolescent Journalist’s Cheerful [...]

As we speak I’m in the process of rounding up the usual suspects for part 2 of the HST for Beginners series. Gonzo Journalism defined by his fans. Should it be emulated?  This should be an interesting one as it is a touchy subject among some of Hunter’s fans. We are aiming for early to mid [...]

Hunter S. Thompson. Author, journalist and creator of Gonzo Journalism. He has approximately 146 works in 398 publications in 16 languages. He has a huge cult following around the world which continues to grow even after his death in 2005. He counted the likes of Johnny Depp, Senator George McGovern, Ed Bradley, Charlie Rose, Jack [...]