Listen In, Michigan - Ep 3: History of the Michigan Daily, Origins of the Peace Corps, & more

Summary: Welcome to Episode 3 of "Listen in, Michigan," a new podcast designed for Michigan Today readers and fans of the audio format. In this episode we hear from journalist Stephanie Steinberg, editor at U.S. News and World Report and 2011 editor-in-chief at U-M's student newspaper, The Michigan Daily. She recently edited a book marking the Daily's 125th anniversary: In the Name of Editorial Freedom -- 125 Years at the Michigan Daily. The book includes 39 essays from Daily alumni who have gone on to impressive careers at such prestigious publications as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Sports Illustrated, and GQ, to name a few. The paper has produced Pulitzer Prize winners, award-winning filmmakers and photographers, documentarians, professors of journalism, and more. Steinberg shares some of the anecdotes from the book, from the discovery of unpublished photos of Robert F. Kennedy by Jay Cassidy just weeks before Kennedy was killed to the story behind the "Paul is Dead" spoof regarding rumors of Paul McCartney's untimely demise. The book features 39 essays by such writers as Daniel Okrent, the first public editor of The New York Times; Josh White, The Washington Post's education editor; and married writers Rebecca Blumenstein and Alan Paul, who met as student journalists. Blumenstein is now deputy editor-in-chief at The Wall Street Journal; Paul is a senior writer for Guitar World and Slam, with bylines in The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, and People. In addition, we've got an interview with Al Guskin, PhD '68, professor emeritus of Antioch University. He delivers a first-hand account of the life-changing night of Oct. 14, 1960, when then-Sen. John F. Kennedy spoke to U-M students from the steps of the Michigan Union and first introduced the idea of the Peace Corps. Finally, we have a behind-the-scenes look at the production of one of Michigan News' biggest stories, both literally and figuratively. Earlier this month, local farmer James Bristle discovered the skull, tusks, and other remains of a mammoth with a projected age between 11,000-15,000 years. Videographer Mike Wood filmed U-M paleontologists unearthing the find. The footage alone is incredible. Seeing it in person was an utterly incredible experience, Wood says. Many of the stories covered here are featured in the archives at www.michigantoday.umich.edu.